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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to an all girls school and the lack of experience with boys wasn’t ideal for me. There are definitely benefits - and for some, the lack of boy distraction in high school was definitely a good thing - but personally I felt like it set me back when it came to adult relationships.

I did interact with boys through awkward dances (the worst), a summer job, friends boyfriends, and some extracurriculars but not normal day to day interactions or any starter relationships (other than making out with random boys at model in dances 🙄). That’s just my personal experience though - for others, it was a non-issue.[/quote]

Yep agree. Parents never understand this. This is a developmental time and no interaction can hurt. It will vary based on the individual, their connections outside the school, etc. We had a brother school but you never really got to know anyone over there.[/quote]
In a perfect world your single sex education is expanded by meaningful connections with members of the opposite sex. As a teenager you need to have repeated exposure to coed activities to be able to internet comfortably within the world after you graduate and so that the kid doesn’t place undo importance (subconsciously) by bring a bit uncomfortable around members of that opposite sex. It is especially important genders for different reasons. [/quote]

I actually disagree, unless I suppose you spent your whole education in a single sex environment with no coed activities (which is extraordinarily rare). The way teenagers interact with each other has little to do with how college students and then adults and then coworkers interact with each other. You certainly don't need to be interacting in geometry class to develop well and have normal relationships later in life. Working together at a summer job, doing service projects, being on a coed club team, going to social events, having sisters/brothers, knowing friends' sisters/brothers -- these are more than enough. It's not like kids get to college and see the opposite sex and say, "Oh my gosh! What is that strange creature I've never seen before? Does it speak?"  Socially awkward kids will feel socially awkward no matter where they go to school. [/quote]

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