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[quote=Anonymous]I know this is taking a hard left turn but here goes...I didn't have a girl friend until I was almost 8 years old. I have all brothers and every house on my block - every single one - was all boys. I wanted desperately to have a friend - any friend - but it was the late 70s and boys just didn't play with girls (even tomboys like I was). So an older boy started paying attention to me and playing with me and you can probably guess where this is going - he molested me for 3 years (starting at age 5). Finally a new housing development went up next door and a girl my age moved in and suddenly I had a best friend (turned out to be my best friend for life, we are in our mid-40s and still are very close).

I guess my point of sharing this story is that little kids NEED friends. If boys will play with your DD that's great - but be careful about the age of the boys and keep a close eye on her. How my parents didn't know or think to question my friendship with an older boy...that just baffles me to this day.[/quote]

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