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[quote=Anonymous]Ugh, don’t let this thread turn into a discussion about private school boys.

OP, sorry to hear this. Did every single one of his friends leave the 9/10 group? If he is 10 now, I assume there are other 10 year olds that will move up with him and that some of the 12 years olds will also move out. If he is the only 10 year old, it must be a very small team.

Sometimes kids tell us things in order to vent and confirm that their complaints are valid, but we don’t always have to try to fix it for them. When my older son moved to a new team, he had trouble finding new friends and told me he wanted to leave. I commiserated with him and asked him to give it time. A few months later, he found his people and loves his group. Kids are known exaggerate (there’s NOONE to hang out with) when really they actually do have a friend or two there. Kids are also known to take one incident and generalize it to seem like it is happening ALL the time. Also, they are influenced by your reaction. I try to stay neutral at first when my kids tell me something - usually results in a more balanced conversation. [/quote]

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