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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What OP and some posters don't seem to get is that by virtue of this being an establish friend group who all have kids in the same grade at this school, and not just an amorphous group of parents at the school, it creates exclusion just by dint of existing.

It's not the fault of the moms in the friend group that this happens. It just does. It is going to make it hard for other parents to become friends with this group because there is no opportunity to do so -- they are already friends with each other, have shared history, and will not seek out other parents to befriend because they don't need to.

I think the other mom has a reason to feel frustrated especially when it's impacting her son at school and making it harder for him to make friends as well. I don't necessarily think OP or the other women have to do anything about it (they could but don't have to), but it might be worth it to just acknowledge that their friendship makes school easier for them them and their kids and probably a bit harder for others and not be so miffed when other parents express frustration about it.

The situation isn't anyone's fault exactly, but it's also harder for this other mom than it is for OP. It's a resource OP has an this other mom doesn't. [/quote]

Frustrations and grievances only hurt the people who carry them.

My child has been the only one not invited on days off of school when parents planned events for their kids. So we started inviting a few friends he liked to activities they liked. No one will get anywhere by insisting large groups of other people do things differently.[/quote]

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