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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They distance in 3rd-7th when the maturity gap and style of social interaction is more likely to be different between girls and boys. And when puberty makes them self-conscious and interested in each other in ways they're not quite ready to process. But in my experience 1:1 friendships can stay pretty strong if they spend time together in non-group settings. [/quote]

I have a girl going into 4th and this tracks.  In 2nd grade she was part of a pack of boys, and I noticed a definite shift in 3rd grade. She still enjoyed playing with the boys, but gravitated more towards her friends who were girls.  She is less interested in the pack of boys, but will still play with each of them one on one and more outside of school.  I am expecting this to shift a bit more, but we'll see.

OP, I'd just be prepared that they might not always be best friends, and that's ok!  We aren't all meant to have the same best friend at 10 that we had at age 3.  Your kids and your friend's kids are sort of like cousins, so they may drift, but they will always be family in some way.

It's also ok to not want to be part of the pack of girls that is already getting into cliques in the kindergarten.

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