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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol you are going to get very distorted answers here. Waiting for this response:

Well my child wields social power to exclude others and in doing so inspires a little bit of fear and admiration from peers. She’s quick to penalize anyone who isn’t loyal so they learn quick. Having money and being white with blonde hair helps. [/quote]

Ha! This would be true if the 1980’s mean girls. Popular kids today are different. It’s not that there aren’t mean kids anymore, it’s just that they don’t look and act like what you remember.

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In my experience, this is still very much the case once you get to the middle school years, especially with the girls. Some of you all haven’t quite gotten there yet, or maybe you’re delusional about your kid’s popularity (and that can go either way... you might think they’re more popular than they are or you might think they couldn’t possibly be mean, when in fact they are.) Or perhaps you just live in a magical place.[/quote]

Or perhaps people have different experiences and are seeing things differently from you. I’ve had kids for long enough and in different environments enough to see that groups dynamics can differ substantially depending on particular kids and circumstances. Likability generally translates across situations but power is much more circumstantial.[/quote]

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