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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot to unpack here but what type of example are you setting for your daughter?

If she was mean to the other girl and purposely exclusionary just because she's weird/wears glasses/braces/whatever silly reason she needs to apologize.[/quote]

OP here. No, she just is not friends with her any longer and has no desire to hang out with her. There isn't a silly reason - they grew apart. I talked with her about how to pull away more gracefully, but she's not just arbitrarily dropping someone due to wearing glasses.[/quote]

It sounds like the other girl actually asked to hang out with your daughter and her new friends, and your daughter said no. Is that right?

That’s not “drifting away” from old friends due to a lack of shared interests. It is actually a little mean. Exclusion is one of the key types of relational aggression that girls engage in, I think. [/quote]

I agree. This girl has known OP's daughter for YEARS. Even if they aren't best friends, OP's daughter needs to be inclusive. Invite the girl to hang out until she finds her footing. It's the beginning of the school year/end of summer. Lots of friend groups are changing. Eventually the girl will find new friends or realize that OP's daughter doesn't want to be friends and start hanging out with only the other girls in the original group.[/quote]

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