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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At a mixed adult kid party - yes some - especially for age 12-14. They are an uncomfortable and hide in their phones. [/quote]

“Uncomfortable?” Why? Because you haven’t raised them to be functional humans?[/quote]

Um - no. I also wrote the previous post - who brought my 14 yo to a party Xmas Eve. It’s the age. They are uncomfortable  and self conscious at this age. I haven’t allowed mine to hide in their phones but if allowed I can see how that would happen with this age, is all. My oldest was the same at 14 and now she’s confident and adept in social situations like this. Being uncomfortable isn’t bad, just what it is. [/quote]

Your high school student is uncomfortable going to a family party at a friend’s house?[/quote]

+1 don't they know the people there?[/quote]

Not pp, but I brought my 14 year old to a family party with my cousin, her husband and my aunt. We tried to rope him into the conversation but other than that no one else spoke to him or asked him anything about himself. He would when loved to disappear on his phone as he was bored out of his mind. We see these people 1x a year and I’m thinking we won’t even see them next year. What’s the point, honestly? It’s just another thing for me to have to do at a very busy time of year and my kids were miserable and no one but me seemed to care about them so I’m just going to drop it. Usually I host, but this year I said I couldn’t and this is what happened. So, I’m done. Zero point in wasting my time doing small talk and to get some cheap gifts from temu. [/quote]

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