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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like I failed as a parent today! My child (2nd grader) came home crying today because apparently three of her friends are switching schools to go to an AAP center next year. I’m happy with my child’  performance and school, and  didn’t even consider pushing for this. But she’s been crying for over an hour about how she is “stupid” and will have no friends next year. She doesn’t even want to see these girls tomorrow because they told her they aren’t friends with her anymore. I had absolutely on idea this is something kids talk about- this is my first kid. Have other parents experienced  this ? [/quote]

Awww, I dislike this.  As a parent of a little girl who got in (luckily for us) and we switched to a center school; we purposely did not inform her about the process and the plan to switch schools.  Obviously 2nd graders do not have to social maturity to understand the consequences of informing classmates they are leaving and to possibly be seen as a braggart.  Secondly, we did not inform her of the significant possibility she would not have been accepted, thereby avoiding unnecessary drama altogether.

As far as we were aware at the time, kids did not seem to discuss it at our school.  Usually if kids are talking about it, they are just parroting what their parents have to say about it... so its best to not say much.  Alas, that is not the reality we live in and being a parent does not automatically grant one the powers to utter wise words to their offspring all the time.

The good news is, is that kids are resilient and get over it fairly quickly and stuff like this is forgotten about, especially if the parents do not make a big deal out of it!

She'll be fine and this is just another opportunity to learn how life works. After all, the only thing that is constant is change.

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