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[quote=Anonymous]God, I hated sixth grade.  My BFF branched out and left me.  I spent the year trying to woo her back - bringing cookies for her, gifts, etc.  I can imagine how hard this was on my mother, who was one of my teachers.  She finally told me point blank to go make other friends because J wasn't coming back.  I ended up making excellent friends for 7th and 8th who were wonderful and caring and kind.  J did try to come back, but by then I was too busy.

The book Blubber by Judy Blume really resonated then, but that may be outdated now.

Anyway - DD went through this last year too (6th grade) when her BFF found a new BFF.  We too kept her super busy.  She also plays a year round sport, and we made sure she had a lot of social outlets that way.  We ramped up visits with cousins.  I took her on outings over school vacations and used a lot of my own days off for this, to make sure that she didn't feel like she was sitting home on days she would otherwise have been with BFF in former days.  It was indeed costly and stressful for US, but it was the right thing to do for her.  Now in 7th grade, DD has well moved on and has a lot of lovely, kind, non-drama friends - very different from BFF who was a huge drama queen.

Good luck, OP![/quote]

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