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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Girls can be nasty.  It's starts young and never seems to end (some mom's are just as nasty). I see girls moving between friend groups more often than when I was in HS. My DD has "friends", who seem more like acquaintances at this point (she's a junior). I personally feel the parenting in this area is part of t he problem.  I grew up in the Northeast and it was (and still is) much different than what I have seen living in NoVA.  [/quote]

Is it more transactional here?   That’s what it seems like to me. Or is it a sign of the times in general?[/quote]

For me it seems to be parents will do whatever to put their kids at an advantage and overlook basic values.  Of course I want me kids to do well/be the best/succeed but I also want to raise good humans. I truly believe that's the difference between me and the mom's I'm surrounded by.  Same with nu DD and the girls she's surrounded by.  There's a lack of integrity, values and being ok with failure.  I don't think it will aid their kids long term.  As much as the experience has not been consistent across the Gen X'ers commenting here, Gen X was mainly raised with resiliency and independence.  It was because of our parents being so uninvolved.  Now it's the opposite and many kids cannot cope and definitely are not resilient.  [/quote]

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