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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter is at NCS (she chose a girls school).  
Obviously we knew this meant limited exposure to boys.  However, I'm now wondering if she will ever talk to boys.  
There were a few in her art class this year but that's about it. 
My understanding is that there are a few girls (a half dozen max?) in the grade who go to parties with boys or hang out drinking with boys (and have for several years) but that's about it. 
My daughter and her friends are lovely, athletic, outgoing, etc.
Her life is turning out to be very different than mine was at her age.  I'm just wondering what others are experiencing. 
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My daughter (high school) is also at an all-girls school. She's thriving, has made some really great friends (she didn't know almost anyone there when she started in 9th grade), is doing well in school and overall having fun. She goes out mostly with her girl friends (movies, ice skating, hanging out, etc.) and I know sometimes they meet up and hang out with boys there -- I think most of them are friends of friends, boys some of the girls know from church, the neighborhood, etc. And of course, there's texting/talking to boys (more than I would like - screen time always being something we try to limit).

So, in my experience, girls and boys are always going to find a way to talk, meet up, etc. My daughter also has three brothers, so she gets plenty of boys around the house!

Taking stock of the experience of being father to a teenage daughter, I can tell you that if she had zero boys in her life I would lose zero sleep over it. I know that there's always going to be plenty of time for that later, and it's nice to see her enjoying her friendships, trying new sports, and doing other things she might not do if she were inhibited by going to school with boys.

As for my boys, one goes to an all-boys school and two of them go to co-ed schools. I haven't really noticed much difference in terms of the time they spend with girls (outside of school, of course). [/quote]

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