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[quote=Anonymous]I think in 5th grade it is still a lot of social engineering by the parents. They are still setting up playdates and sending out invites and coaching (and therefore drafting) the rec league sports teams. My 5th grader is tall, very athletic, smart and attractive, but as a family we're not super social. We tend to travel a lot and do our own thing, and our 5th grader plays on a regional travel sports team that doesn't include anyone in our school. Hence, my 5th grader, though liked, often finds himself left out of some of the cool kid cliques from school. I do get pretty annoyed when it is clearly a result of social engineering by the parents of other kids and I'm hopeful that fades away in the next two or three years and the kids' social lives are their own construction. [/quote]
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