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[quote=Anonymous]5 yr old DD doesn't have any female friends. My daughter has never been close to other girls. Since preschool she always developed really strong relationships with boys. She's not a Tomboy. In fact, she's very girly but for some reason when it comes to friends she seems to gravitate to boys and they seem to accept her. I don't mind it but I also have a 7 yr old who is in 2nd grade and I see 7 is the age where they tend to separate by gender and I worry when that time comes, she'll be left standing with no friends.

Whenever I ask her about some cute little girl in her class she will say, "She's not nice. She cuts me in line all the time and pushes" or some equivalent answer. It suggests girls don't seem to like her. She gets along well with her sister's friends  and they play with her sometimes so I know she can play with girls but they're older and again, her sister's friends, not hers. I spoke to her teacher who seems to think she gets along with everyone and says she sees her play with girls and boys so I now think it's not that she never plays with girls but she has no close relationships with any. My older daughter got asked on play-dates all the time and has a huge social calendar. She has 3 really close girlsfriends who she's inseparable from. My 5 yr old has yet to be invited to a birthday yet (her 2 best friends are summer babies and boys) and the only playdates she gets asked on are from boys. Any advice? Tips? How can I help her forge more relationships with girls since she's coming upon that age where they start segregating themselves. I fear for the day when the boys she is friends with drop her because she's a girl. [/quote]

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