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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMHO, the administration at Frost does nothing to teach responsible use of technology, or appropriate dress, or inclusion. Lots of parents re-living their middle school angst by trying to have the most popular kids. Bar/Bat mitzvah scene is out of control--kids who were invited all wear their shirts on Monday after the weekend parties so it's abundantly clear who was/wasn't invited. Some girls stay home on Mondays so they don't have to face it. School. Does. Nothing. Cruel social-climbing parents and kids. [/quote]

This just made me feel really sad envisioning if my now pre-k kid turns out to be one of the kids feeling left out. Do you think this happens everywhere??[/quote]

Unfortunately, yes for the most part and I agree that it really sucks!  As a parent with a kid who was Bar Mitzvah'd, all we could do was buck the trend and not give out clothing at the end of the party.  But, DS took a lot of pressure (and he in turn applied it on us), to give out shirts.  I still give my kid crap every time I see him wearing a shirt with his school friend's name on it.  One day he'll look back and realize how stupid it was.  [/quote]

Holy moley. My kids are just getting to this time - they won't have bar mitvahs but many of their friends will.  They have lots of social circles though, so maybe being excluded from 1-2 parties won't feel like the end of the world...[/quote]

This is not new.  I am 34 and this same exact thing happened when I was in school in a different state.  It is not exclusive of this area.  It literally happens at every middle school that has a sizeable Jewish population.  The shirt thing was the same when I was in middle school.[/quote]

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