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[quote=Anonymous]I think its a combination of personality and other factors. DD has always been extremely popular without being in an exclusive popular group. She is very out going and was always the kid who invited other kids to play. She played with the boys, the girls, older kids, younger kids and anyone really. She was always focused on what she wanted to play. If others did not want to that she wouldn't get upset or try to force them she would just go off on her on and some other kids would join her. We'd go on vacation and she would make friends with kids in the lobby. She would happily include the shy kids who no one played with and they loved her. I had parents thank me. When kids started to form cliques in upper elementary school she had very good friends in several groups. One thing that I noticed is that she never got upset if another kid tried to so something snarky to her. She would just say "well you're having a bad day, see you later. She really didn't care and had plenty of friends so just walked away and let them deal with their issues. I think she was late in developing the girl drama and it went over her head. This seemed to make her cooler in the eyes of the snarky one or they didn't get the reaction they wanted so they stopped.

In MS, most of the kids stayed with their ES friends but she made more friends from other schools Her circle is really big and the only group that she avoids is a small group of girls that have designated themselves as the popular kids. She is aloof to them because she doesn't like it when people are mean to others. They try to get her to join but she declines.

For DD its a combination of extroversion, wanting to do your own thing more than caring what others think and genuinely liking lots of different types of people.[/quote]

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