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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I would really, really encourage you to not read too much into this. I have two kids who have had wildly different social experiences. One is in several different friend groups at school and through activities and is very much a “more the merrier” type. I don’t know the moms of several of her friends, some I like and have connections to but we all really just want our kids to have friends. This approach has served my daughter VERY well and she has lost very little sleep over not being invited to any one event or worrying about drama over having just some friends over.

My second is very different and has a long term best friend, whose mom I like and consider a friend but not one of my best friends. They are great kids but with imperfectly overlapping interests. I know the best friend also has a good friend who does his particular sport and the two of them out without my kid. My kid has friends who also share other interests or live nearby and show up at our house. It’s all fine. As long as someone seems happy to see you and invites you some of the time they want your kids to be friends and like you enough. That’s really all you can ask for out of this age group. [/quote]

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