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Reply to "I was the weird, loner kid and now my kid is too. Talk me through this."
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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with everyone asking if she's happy - if she prefers reading to running/playing during recess, then so what? Different people enjoy different activities. The thing I'd add to that is that the world is really just different than when we grew up. Nerds are cool, sci-fi/fantasy are totally mainstream, and bullying is a lot less tolerated. The kids that I see struggling now are kids who kind of refuse to find their folks. Like, they love The Hobbit and play D&D and are obsessed with beetles, but they only want to be friends with the kids who would have been "cool" when we were young - the sports stars and cheerleaders. There's a group for everyone, and the lonely kids are the ones who for whatever reason (parental pressure?) think that the group that shares their interest is "wrong" for some reason. [/quote]
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