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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our neighborhood is like this. BUT you are right, it calms down in junior high/high school. Unfortunately, some drama usually forces the calming down. :O

It's great while it lasts, and your kids will probably have very nice memories of all these fun times. [/quote]

Maybe they will? I'm actually curious about this. I think sometimes elementary communities are intense and super involved and it can cause a lot of stress and issues with the parents, and then kids go to MS and make their own friends and those wind up being their "real" friends and that's what they remember. Maybe there are vague memories of neighborhood barbecues or elementary events, but not much beyond that.

I grew up in a neighborhood kind of like this and then a lot of the families moved away when I was in upper elementary and while I do have some memories of those times playing with those neighborhood friends while our parents socialized, they are far less meaningful to me than the time I spent with my own family (both my immediate family and cousins/aunts/uncles) or the friendships I formed outside our neighborhood as I got into upper elementary and MS. And honestly, it is only my HS friendships, none of which stem from that original neighborhood group, that stuck with me into adulthood.

I think these neighborhood cliques are mostly for and about the parents. Which is good news because it means that if you don't enjoy it, just don't participate, and your kids really aren't missing out. They will make their own friends. If you do enjoy the clique, it won't hurt your kids, but you don't have to force yourself to do it for their sake.[/quote]

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