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[quote=Anonymous]Team OP. Parents have gotten WAY too involved in micromanaging their kids’ social interactions. Kids need to learn to work things out for themselves.

When I was your DD’s age, I had a problem with a couple girls in my class. My mom called the school and we all had a meeting. I was MORTIFIED. I wanted to vent to my mom, I didn’t want her to actually do anything about it.

If everyone’s happy and nobody’s hurt, I see no need to have all these meetings. Land the helicopter. The reason parents are so stressed out is we’re expected to micromanage everything.

Anyway, your options are to ignore and let the girls just be school friends, which is totally valid and reasonable. But if you want to extend the olive branch for your DD, I’d send a text like “ Hey, I heard Larla wanted to come to the party and couldn’t. I just wanted to say I’m glad the girls are getting along again. If you’re ever open to a coffee or playdate, I’d be happy to”.

You don’t need to apologize for not meeting with them, and I wouldn’t. Just make a bit of an effort to schedule a play date. [/quote]

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