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[quote=Anonymous]Maybe this is a sore spot for me because of my own experience as a tween. My close friend had a neighbor our age whose mother would stir up trouble any time my friend had another girl over at her house. Like, watching the cars that came to the house level of scrutiny. Friend spent lots of time with and was genuinely friends with the neighbor girl, so it wasn't exclusion or bullying. Her mother just didn't believe that it's okay to do things with other friends one-on-one sometimes.

I think children get to choose who their friends are and who comes to their birthday party. it sounds like the girl who didn't get invited isn't a close or longstanding friend. I don't recall feeling excluded when I wasn't invited to stuff held by girls who I got along with but wasn't close to. My third grade birthday party was a sleepover with four other girls - I had friendly relationships with more than four girls in my grade. Being left out is not meanness or bullying unless there is something else going on.[/quote]

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