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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I am the mom of a very artsy, creative teen who was dropped by several “cooler,” sportier girls, some of whose mothers are also my friends. Being on the other side of this, I really think moms need to back off and let the kids work it out. Yes, feelings get hurt and it’s very hard to go through, but intervening is not going to help. They’ll discover what THEY want out of their friendships, not what their moms want them to want. Forcing kids to include others that they don’t want around just makes it so painful and awkward for everyone. [/quote]

The schools mine go to or have gone to don’t think someone’s cool because of the activities they pursue.   The “cool” group are a bunch of kids who hang out together usually because they have excellent social skills, they are into boyfriends/girlfriends earlier than most and usually start drinking and having mixed parties before anyone else. Based on my experience the mean spirited girls are egged on my crazy mothers who obsess about popularity.  There was one girl,  chubby, unattractive, no outside interests but she was very popular because her mother orchestrated basement parties in their huge house, alcohol allowed.  Crazy [/quote]

Same at my oldest kid's school. The queen bee's mom made the queen bee the queen by letting her host house parties with no adults. They were hosted in the family's empty rental property. Absolutely crazy, but thats how you become popular and cool. [/quote]

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