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My observations:
- she found the right friend group in HS (if they stick as long term friends). [b] These girls are more studious and have parents that are strict (not saying that plays into much as I'm not as strict as the parents. Less trouble hopefully as they aren't allowed to do certain things). When your not in the "IT" group, things are a bit easier (or it seems)[/b] [/quote]

Agree with this. There seem to be two big groups in my DD’s 8th grade class, both mixed gender. One group with lots of drama and mean girls/boys. The other group is nerdier, more studious, kinder, and no drama. The whole first group just got in trouble for vaping. You can physically see who is in which group (girls at least - the boys are more difficult) - the girls in the first group wear crop tops and makeup. The girls in the second group wear baggy clothes and no makeup. I know you’re not supposed to comment on how girls dress, but in this case the crop tops/makeup scream self esteem issues at me and I think it’s a visible expression of what’s going on in the group.[/quote]

Same at our school. And then in HS it escalates further and becomes divided not just by parent permissiveness but by money. There's the kids with permissive parents and then the kids with permissive wealthy parents who have access to things like cars, weekend houses, vacations without parents, etc. And then everybody else is in subcategories of the group of girls with strict parents.

The boys are divided by sporty rich boys with permissive parents, sporty boys who are really focused on their sport and have strict parents, and "weird" boys (neurodiverse, artsy, etc.). Whenever I get fed up with the social scene for girls I feel relieved that they have more options than boys at our school.[/quote]

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