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[quote=Anonymous]My DD informs me that popularity (at least in her school, a public school in Bethesda) is measured by why kind of tech (smart phone, ipad, etc.) you have, and which apps you have.  She says it's basically all girls talk about during recess, and all the girls are chatting together after school through these apps.

What do you think?  Is she right?  Or is she snookering me?  She seems genuinely upset and says she is having trouble making friends because she can't talk about this stuff with them.  She is not particularly sporty -- I think there's another group of girls that is off playing basketball.  There may also be a third group of girls that is off talking about boys, but she's not interested in that yet.
We've been pretty strict about screen-time stuff, but I guess I don't feel strongly enough about it to  make her a social outcast.  I gave her the speech about how some people will always have more than you, how you can't always be chasing what's "cool," how you need to find friends that care about the stuff that really matters (not who has Temple Run or whatever).  But, at the end of the day, even though I believe that, I don't want to put her totally outside all the social norms.

Reality check would be appreciated.  I'm not great friends with any of the other moms at school, and I'm not comfortable with polling a bunch of people that I'm only moderately friendly with.  [/quote]

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