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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like I failed as a parent today! My child (2nd grader) came home crying today because apparently three of her friends are switching schools to go to an AAP center next year. I’m happy with my child’  performance and school, and  didn’t even consider pushing for this. But she’s been crying for over an hour about how she is “stupid” and will have no friends next year. She doesn’t even want to see these girls tomorrow because [b]they told her they aren’t friends with her anymore[/b]. I had absolutely on idea this is something kids talk about- this is my first kid. Have other parents experienced  this ? [/quote]

This sounds very unreal.[/quote]

+1 I was about to post the same reaction as PP.
The rest of the story is completely believable and justifiably heartbreaking, and honestly was enough to convey the hurt and disappointment. But this additional statement just doesn’t feel authentic. It feels more like the OP clumsily jammed it in there to make the situation appear even more crappy than it is, maybe thinking that it needed an extra gut punch or something.
But honestly even without that “and they told her they aren’t friends with her anymore” most people would be sympathetic to OP and her DD. It didn’t need the added drama.
And yes, it does seem like this is drama that OP just threw in there but is not something that 2nd grade friends would articulate in the immediate aftermath of receiving AAP results. It sounds more like OP is fearful that they will decide this or that they will say this later when there is reduced contact.  But I just can’t see the AAP girls outright stating pre-emptively “so we aren’t friends with you anymore” to their friend who is standing right in front of them. [/quote]

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