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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Positives: DS loved having more freedom than elementary school and merging more kids. His middle school is huge and there were lots of feeder schools.  The staff were really supportive and nice. No more of the 1-4 grading. They get real grades, tests and it’s all posted online.

Negatives: All of the drama that comes with hundreds hitting puberty being in a building together. They are friends one day and enemies the next. Kids can say mean things to each ot[b]her.  A lot of girls do not identify as straight so there is no one to date (a negative frequently discussed by my son. I may put that as a positive since he doesn’t need to date yet.) [/b][/quote]

Same with DD’s middle school.  She said there is tons of girls “doing stuff” during sleepovers, on GS camping trips,  in the woods next to the school, etc.  lots of exploration.

She said she didn’t know about the boys who identify; the things she noticed were many many boys painting their nails now, dressing a certain way / into fashion, talking a certain way, same favorite TikTok stars, etc.[/quote]

Oh crap, I'm a girl scout leader of a fourth grade troop not ready to navigate this in a couple years.

Is the fad because girls are "safer" than boys?[/quote]

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