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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of 2 kids here-
my DS(college freshman) is has a ton of friends, always is invited places, has kids to our house, etc. when he's home.   We don't worry about him

my DD (senior in h.s.) has become very introverted, stays home on weekends, doesn't go to hoco, prom, etc.  She is very sweet, bright and good looking, but she doesn't seem to make friends.  She has been in sports and clubs and has made friends but the friendships fizzle for some reason.  I do worry about her much more than I do my DS.  It pains me to see all the hoco pics out (I don't look at FB often) because I don't understand why she isn't participating.  I could care less about her being popular, I just wish she'd have a group of friends.  [/quote]
I was your DD. Turned out just fine. HS is a cesspool of a-holes. In my experience, people who were super popular in HS and had extremely busy social lives have a hard time moving on from HS, with varying degrees of career success (see Kavanaugh and our class alpha bitch who barely has a career, became very unattractive once the veil of youth disappeared, and from what I understand has quite a boring life, never having grown at all as a person).[/quote]
[b]Also, I might add that my parents had very few friendships. And all of them were from their college, early 20s days. They never made friends during my lifetime. I dont' know if that was why I never quite learned how to pursue friendships, but it might be worth modeling some of this or talking about it if you are the same way. [/b][/quote]

My husband and I are those parents and I'm afraid it's starting to rub off on our DC.  I don't know how to stop the cycle.[/quote]

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