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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only group coed activities in 7th.[/quote]

Agree. Two friends' daughters who were pushing for one on one time with boys in seventh grade were fully into stick-like-glue "boyfriend/girlfriend" exclusiveness by the end of that year, and it created all kinds of drama much earlier than the parents -- or the kids -- were ready for. The result was parents having to backtrack and stop the MS dating behavior because the exclusivity and intenseness was just too much, too soon, and affected the kids' schoolwork and their other friendships. The girls of course were furious and confused that they'd been allowed to do time alone with their boyfriends (and a LOT of social media time "with" them and talking to friends about them), then were told it had to stop. Just don't go there so soon.

It's nice that you want to support what is right now a new friendship, but stick with group activities for a while to come, and while you still can. Take a group of four or six of them ice skating or bowling or to play laser tag (let your kid plan it herself and find activities she knows her friends would consider fun), have pizza afterward, then everyone gets picked up by their parents. [/quote]

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