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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With my DS & DD I have always found that it is best to make some cool plans that involve others.  Some examples that I can think of:

1) Chartered a fishing boat

2) Concerts

3) Paintball

4)  Ice skating

5) Spa day

6) Learning to cook

7) Bonfire on beach

8) Bowling

9) Mini-golf

10) NBA Games

11) Baseball games

12) NHL Games

[b]I make these plans for them[/b] a couple weeks in advance for him and 2 or 3 friends.  [b]My rules was that it can't always be the same friends,[/b] I know who he asks in advance and that I must clear this activity with the other parents well in advance.  Clearing it with the other parents helps make sure that plans don't change at the last minute or that the other teen does not "forget" all about it.

[b]I only needed to do this for the freshman and sophomore years. [/b] Once they were upperclassmen, they had a solid group of friends.  I do think that this helped out in them cultivating friendships.
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Would you have allowed your kids to decline your assistance had they been so inclined? My middle daughter is in her last year of 8th grade so I'm watching this thread with interest, but I don't think either she or her older sister would want me having anything to do with arranging their social life. In DD2's case, she's so picky about who she hangs out with that if it can't be the exact people she wants I doubt she'd go along with the plan at all.[/quote]

If they refused, I guess there would have been little that I could have done. I always tried to fing events that they were very interested in going to. [/quote]

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