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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, it's not a good idea for them to never interact with boys who basically make up half the population. It's fine if they don't want to date, but they need to be used to interacting with boys at least platonically. Can she join something in the neighborhood? Community theatre or a church choir or any teen volunteer org?[/quote]

This^^^

Males are 50% of the population.  They need to get used to dealing with everyone in society.

Also, do you really want the first time your kid is around the opposite sex be when they are at college?  Ideally you want this to happen while they are living at home and you can provide guidance and have discussions.

When I was a freshman I could easily pick out the kids (male and female) who had attended same sex High Schools...back then it meant mostly Catholic/religious based schools as well.  So the parents were doing it to "protect" their precious kid.  my best friend in college attended a Male all boy catholic school---it's exactly why his parents did that for all his siblings.  Have to say many were fine at college but I saw so many go absolutely crazy first semester---socializing, sleeping around, dating someone new every few days, etc.  Academics were not there focus at all.  They were finally rebelling from the strict isolation they grew up with  They were finally around males (or females), in fact many times they lived 3 doors down from you.  Nobody cared if a guy/girl spent the night in your room.   To me, 60-70% of those who went crazy at college came from same sex HS.  [/quote]

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