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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also have a rising seventh grader who will be attending Cooper coming from private school, where there has definitely been mean girl stuff and way too much personal electronic use, “rich kid” culture, etc but otherwise it’s been pretty tame. Definitely no vaping, or physical fights. Bullying happens, but it’s more under the radar.  Is Cooper going to be a rude awakening for her? I would like to know what exactly to prepare her for because private school is no longer an option for us financially so she’s gonna have to endure the next two years ant Cooper even if she hates it. [/quote]

Middle school is bad (particularly for girls) no matter where you go — it’s just the nature of tweenhood.  All the friend groups break up in middle school, so your DD will probably be able to break into a newly-broken up friend group, though there will still be drama.  While many kids have money, there are plenty of families that don’t flaunt it or don’t care about status.  My DD has friends like her (from a dual fed family) and friends who are uber wealthy.  Just encourage her to get involved in an activity where she can make friends (chorus makes a nice friend group! 😊).  Once they get to high school, things settle down![/quote]

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