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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are being nutty. Not everyone can be invited to everything!! It doesn’t mean the other kid isn’t your kid’s friend.

I will explain to you what I taught my kid in elementary. Friendships work in concentric circles. You have some in your inner circle — your BFFs. Then, you have another ring of friends that you really like and enjoy their company. Then you have a ring of acquaintances, whom you generally like and can be friendly with. You keep working outwards. People can move in and out of the circles over time. For example, two girls my daughter considered BFFs sort of dropped her early in the year. She was a little sad, but pivoted to moving some of the next circle into the BFF circle. She considered the old BFFs in the third circle, more like acquaintances. But she understood not to burn it down with them. Then, there was a field trip and due to circumstances, the old BFFs are not somewhere between the first and second ring. ALL OF THIS IS FINE. And lots of kids take their cues from their parents. You need to not act like this is a big deal.[/quote]

This 100%.

She cannot make it to BFF status, or mother's inner circle, if you act looney or set your DD up to act weird.  play it coollllll.  tell daughter to play it cool too[/quote]

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