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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was catching up with some friends this weekend and they were telling me how busy their 2nd graders are between friends and sports/activities.  DD had 2 friends, one seemed to have moved on, and I'm doing what I can to help her keep the other friend.  She does no activities, doesn't want to, that's been a huge struggle for us too.  She is mean to her brother, mean to us (has her moments when she is very sweet though). She's in therapy but I can't tell if it's helping.  She had a birthday party in October with a dozen kids but she has only been invited to one birthday party this year.

It all just makes me sad.  Sad for her and sad for us.  She says it doesn't make her sad.  Weekends are lame for her and us while I run her little brother around.

Anyone else have a kid like this who became socially successful later in life?  Or any advice?[/quote]

It’s hard to hear you talk about your daughter like this. She’s a littl girl in second grade and you seem
to be obsessed with her social standing. Please don’t share your own problems with her. Especially not inmature observations like “lame weekends.” You sound like the mean one. [/quote]

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It’s some kind of weird obsession some parents have with social judgements like this. Some people are loners and it doesn’t make them less successful or mean that they have a mental illness. I hope mom never conveys her feelings about this to her kid. I suspect that the OP’s personal neediness has led her to quiz her child for indications of loneliness or struggles. Jesus.[/quote]

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