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[quote=Anonymous]To counter act the social engineering that the queen bee moms do, you sometimes need to get involved to assist your own child in my opinion. My daughter was mixed up with the “popular” clique in late elementary but didn’t really fit in with them… she’s quieter and not into boys yet or trendy clothes. I chatted with her about how she felt with this certain group of kids and how that’s not true friendship. We encouraged her to make connections with other kids from class or through activities (could be scouts, church school, an after school club like debate or math counts, a sport, etc), and we facilitated her making new friends. For example, we’d notice at pickup a kind girl from class who always acknowledged her (the cliquey group would literally pretend she wasn’t there sometimes) and we encouraged her to invite that girl ice skating together. While I’m an ideal world kids would navigate everything for themselves, when you’ve got these cliquey families creating exclusive groups and actively excluding or being mean to others, I think it becomes the parents’ job to more actively support the kids through it.[/quote]

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