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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is none of this who is cool and who is not cool in ES.  There are small cliques that exist because their parents put them in activities together.  Those parents thinking their kids are the cool kids are imagining things.  [/quote]

If you had a popular kid you’d understand that it starts in elementary school, gets larger in middle school and stays almost the same in high school.

I have two girls. My oldest was popular all through school.  My youngest is only half way through and I have no idea who is popular because she only has a small group of friends and it’s not them.  Plus her activities are not school related.

It’s not sports like some mothers think.  It’s not the mother’s either.  I wasn’t involved in the school and neither were the other mothers.   I do remember the mother group who ran the PTA.  Their kids hung out as a group and they were nice quiet kids but not advanced socially.

My popular daughter was so easy to get along with.  She was always dressed beautifully with perfect hair.  I took after my mother who wouldn’t let us go out in public disheveled. I do believe her looks also made her popular.  She didn’t pursue friendships, she was friends with whoever pursued her friendship.

The group had two types of girls, just a few were mean girls who were not conventionally pretty and the attractive girls who weren’t mean.   The popular kids from all the elementary schools knew each other except my daughter who didn’t know too many outside of school because she didn’t participate in town activities.  They merged together soon enough in sixth grade and stayed together.   They were socially advanced, most of the girls were very pretty but the boys were just eh.

My younger one has never been in a popular group.  She is not petite like her sister.   She’s growing fast in the 7th grade, she’s 5’6” and hasn’t got her period yet so she’s just awkward.  I felt so bad because she told me a girl behind her in line at school pointed at her and told her friend “she’s weird”.   That’s hurtful.

But in terms of why some are popular it’s just how some people are. 
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