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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The teachers has mentioned this shift of friendship at the end of 5th grade, 6th grade and throughout middle school many times.  A big shift they said. Kids start to find their real interest and not the interest of their parents. 
And you just hope the social skills you taught your kids will kick in. And activities is where people meet other people, even for adults. 
So, your child can not be looking at a screen all week long. He/She needs to be doing something. Try a new thing. Find an interest. And at this age, it is hard because they no longer want to be controlled by the parents. 
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Two person friend groups seemed prevalent t at our private school, driven by pairs in the same homerooms for many years, moms doing 2 kid sleepovers a lot, and how early one got a smartphone. Kids with phones in 4th or 5th grade became friends with each other or made the whole friend group get one, or else. [/quote]

This was our experience too. The “no phone/no TikTok” kids need to find each other. They will never be invited into the other group. [/quote]

Omg - they will never be invited into the group?  My daughter doesn’t have a phone in 6th and is friends with plenty of girls that have them. Stop making stupid generalized statements. Some girls have phones without social media, others with, some have a Samsung, some have none. My daughter will be getting one for Christmas without social media. No big deal. Her friends have changed some as she has met new girls from different schools. Still friends with some girls and have moved on from others. It truly is no big deal. I am shocked how involved and opinionated you moms are about MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. [/quote]

NP. Not true. Most of the time, the kids without phones are left out because this is how plans are made among friends. You wouldn’t know this… because you don’t do social media.[/quote]

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