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[quote=Anonymous]It depends on the kid and the kids at the school.  For myself, I had tons of friends at my small elementary school.  However in the small high school I went to I just didn't deeply click in.  I ended up lightly a friend to everyone, but deeply not friends with everyone.  My mom wrote it off as just high school where every clique goes through their thing, but I truly think it just wasn't my people.  Today, I still have friends from every stage of life except high school and genuinely have no interest in a high school reunion, but would definitely be excited for another school's reunion to reconnect with the people I no longer talk to.

For my kid, I try to make sure he has friends in many different places and I just hosted the first social event for the new private school he starts in the fall.  My goal wasn't to become like the social calendar queen you hear about on here, but rather get the social mix going so that my kid didn't feel like he was starting a school with no friends. So this summer I plan to try to get his to as many playground groups for his new school as possible while still including his daycare/preschool/extra curricular friends for things I plan.  In my adult years, I have a group of friends who are extremely inclusive while also cultivating deep friendships 1:1.  I hope to foster the same in my kid so when it comes time for me to step away, he has a large number of established friendships to continue to deepen as well as the understanding of how to make new friends.  When you feel like you don't have friends is the time to lean in and put energy into organizing and fostering a group, it gives you the chance to know where you want to deepen.[/quote]

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