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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is just finishing up 8th and, IME, things settle down as they progress through middle school.

The friend groups shake up a lot in 6th (and, to some degree, each school year- often depending on who has classes and lunch period together). At this point, there is a lot more crossover between friend “groups” - girls drift in and out, amicably, and often based on circumstance or interests (rather than dislike or exclusion).

My best advice is never to put all eggs in one basket- keep various friends (old friends from elementary, new school friends, neighborhood friends, sports friends etc) and don’t invest all time in one friend (“besties”) or group.

It helps, as a parent, to be extra generous at this time, in terms of allowing DD to have girls over, or be willing to drive a group to the movies etc.

However, there will always always be a few persistently “mean girls”. Unfortunately- That’s life. Stay away from them and focus on the 90%+ of girls who are nice (imperfect and have their moments as most do, but overall nice).

Very little drama as compared with 5th/6th grades which I found to be the worst. The girls do mature and figure things out a bit. [/quote]

This has been our experience- my DD is also finishing up 8th. Last year was the worst and there was active exclusion. That still happens to an extent, but it feels like there is more fluidity and floating in and out of friend groups. It will be interesting to see how things change in high school. [/quote]

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