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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter is extremely extroverted. For sixth grade, we hosted 5 or 6 parties with 25+ girls invited. We took 3 or so friends with us to our beach house for the weekend multiple times and hosted lots of hangouts.

By eighth grade, her group was no longer as large, but she is still incredibly social. Anecdotally, we have found that she has naturally focused on friends that have parents with similar parenting styles. We are the parents who let our kids have phones but no social media. We all seem to be less helipcopter than most and we let them hang out at the mall and other places with no parents. They like to do their homework together at Starbucks (and they actually get it done). The rule is they stick together. We are all parents who allow sleepovers. The moms and dads are not close friends, but we have all made some level of effort to be comfortable with one another and do some stuff together. The parents stay in touch via text so we know where our kids are. So for example, two of her friends go with their dads along with my daughter and my husband to run 1 or 2 5ks a year. We invited one family to our beach house for the weekend. We invite all the families to an annual game night we host every year.

Keeping kids hanging out with each other and reducing screen time is very good for kids. This isn’t something to discourage. But you can also insist on family time too. But I would much rather my kid go to the pool with friends than sit home bored on a screen. These girls have such a good time together. They are supportive of one another. It is lovely to see them together.[/quote]

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