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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting how many people are saying popular kids are always athletes.  Was not my experience growing up and not what I see with my kids.  Sure some athletes are popular but some aren’t and some non-athletes are popular.

Middle school I agree it’s early developers and those who get in the mix with dating ans mixed gender friends and are “known”.  Some of these kids burn out and by the end of middle school have burned too many bridges.

By high school it’s some of the same things but it’s much less important and obvious who is popular in a large high school.  There are just different groups and some kids are more widely known by others for various reasons.  If that’s popular, ok.

Also can’t under estimate how much looks start to matter post-puberty.  I think that is the driving factor and not being an athlete.  Good looking kids who kind of fit the norm of what is considered attractive at the moment get traction with the opposite gender and will be better known and be more “relevant” in high school.  They use the word relevant and not popular..[/quote]

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