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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have told our kids that friends and interests change and this doesn’t make the friendship they had in the past any less important. Maybe they will be close again in the future and maybe they won’t. Yes, 11 is where things really start to change and kids develop other interests and other friendships.  Keep doing what you are doing, encourage your daughter to branch out and make other friends. [/quote]

This. By not responding to texts they are telling you she is not interested now. I had a neighborhood friend I did everything with from toddlerhood through about age 9 or 10. I gradually realized I could not relate to her and I found she didn't have much empathy for others and took great joy in getting other neighborhood kids in trouble for minor offenses. Her parents would not let up on my parents as to why i drifted away. My parents gaslit me when I told them why and they were horribly embarrassed I loved away from this friend. Even if she matured and became a kinder person after all the drama no way would I go back. Her parents told mine I broke her heart. (I actually told her I didn't think she was being a kind person). My parents just got upset with me. She apparently struggled with having healthy friendships for many years and they blamed me rather than looking at whether she was being kind to people.

So....help her move and if you get any information as to why it happened consider it a gift and don't be quick to blame and hate the other kid. None of us are perfect, but we have a right to let go of friendships that are no longer healthy and move toward relationships that are.[/quote]

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