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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  I am surprised by the reactions to my post as I think what’s happening with DD and her friends is pretty normal at this age.  Kids choose who to hang out with based on who they get along with.  One or more of A B & C don’t get along with Ellen, and that’s why they don’t want to hang out with her.  Not everyone clicks with everyone else.  It’s not like these girls are singling Ellen out.  [/quote]

You didn't make that clear in your original post. That said, your daughter has the right to be friends with whoever she wants to be friends with. A/B/C can't control that. Let your daughter hang out with Ellen and her friends whenever she wants. She doesn't have to spend time with all of them together. It's good to have multiple friend groups. I always did and they were all fine with it, they just didn't want to hang out together, so I never overlapped them.[/quote]

This is the right answer in theory, but in execution it can get tricky.  Spending more and more time with E can lead to your DD organically drifting apart from A/B/C (even if A/B/C are lovely not exclusive kind of girls),  If E is sort of a prickly type that lots of others are finding it hard to get along with, your DD could find herself isolated with just E.  Your DD just needs to be careful to truly spend the equal time, etc. with the multiple friend groups to maintain them.[/quote]

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