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[quote=Anonymous]My neighbor's son is at a DMV Catholic boys high school with lots of sports team and "cool kids." His junior year he did not know even one girl of high school age he could invite to the prom. It wasn't like with most teen boys, where they get picky about whether a girl is attractive enough or whatever to invite. He didn't even know a single unattractive boring girl that he could consider inviting. That is just a screwed up social world he's living in. I know families of other boys who have graduated from this same school and all of those boys knew plenty of girls while they were high school students, so it's definitely possible to not be so isolated.

Parents need to get out in front of that sort of situation by making sure that kids maintain friendships they had before they start at these same sex high schools. And I'm not talking about him losing his virginity in high school or even kissing someone. Just make sure they have friends to hang out with who are of the opposite sex. All kids need to be at ease with all sorts of people and to grow up as seeing this as normal.

It's really not that different from situations where white people blindly raise their kids in situations where they zero friends, classmates, or teammates who are people of color. Be self-aware and prevent this or else you'll produce young adults with weird attitudes and weak social skills.

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