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[quote=Anonymous]My kid does great socially everywhere except school recess. Great in class, no problems in her EC where she spends 5 hours a week, plays well with cousins and neighborhood kids. If we take her to a playground where she doesn't know anyone, she'll have introduced herself and be playing happily with another kid within 20 minutes.

But recess is a nightmare. Every day I'm hearing about some huge conflict, it seems like she and the other kids are constantly at odds. They also seem to police each other incessantly, weighing on everyone else's issues in ways that are NOT helpful, lots of gossip and in group/out group politics.

Is this just what elementary school socializing is like? It seems torturous. A friend whose daughter is the same age but at another school says they saw some of the same issues but that several teachers at their school let kids hang out in classrooms during recess to read or do puzzles and that's what her daughter does. I wish this was an option at our school. DD seems generally well adjusted and happy except that it seems like every single day of recess is some combo of Lord of the Flies and Mean Girls. Maybe it will be better next year but I just don't get how it got this bad to begin with.[/quote]

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