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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She'll have fun in college.[/quote]

You'd think so but my daughter who went to an all girls HS is now intimidated by boys at college. Not so much academically, but definitely socially. She would have been better off in co-ed for social development.[/quote]

Perhaps bc men can be intimidating, something we learn to live with but shouldn’t have to. Like walking alone in an alley - it’s not the alley that is dangerous, it’s the men who intimidate and attack. 
Just saying that is she was lucky to be in a place where she felt safe and free then had to transition to being vigilant, this is sad. 
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No, I don't think those of you have kids in coed schools are getting it.

A parent a few posts back said, "I don't care if my kids date, they hang out in large groups."  The thing at girls schools is that there is very little (and often no) "hanging out" with guys in large groups. That is why right around when our girls are in 11th or 12th grade many of us are like, "huh, should i be worried about this?  is it ok that my kid is not dating (and by dating I mean talking to, hanging out, not hot-and-heavy exclusive dating or sex) before college?"  Is it okay for my girl to go to college having never texted a male (for any reason?)

Yes, i know we signed up for this.  But most of us weren't thinking AT ALL about dating or boys when we enrolled our daughters in PK or 4th grade or 7th grade or even 9th grade.  [/quote]

A lot of the girls we know at single sex schools are socializing regularly with boys and know boys. Does your daughter have friends from their neighborhood or other outside activities that are boys? [/quote]

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