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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parties starting late in 1st and then in 2nd get smaller. 10 kids. Boys and girls both get left out, it happens to everyone. Those 10 kids can include family friends, sports friends, close aged siblings or cousins. Continue all class/all gender parties if that is what you or your DD wants but it doesn't guarantee reciprocal invites. It does help if you are friends with the moms at that age. [/quote]

My older kids are now tweens/teens. Over on the tween/teen forum, people often talk about their kid being the left out one. My boys were never the left out ones. I have even responded on those threads that I often only take who I can fit in my car so that means closest 4 friends only.

Ugh I feel like my daughter is not the same as my boys. She seems also much more sensitive.[/quote]

It sounds like your boys were popular and somewhat insulated from the type of rejection your daughter is experiencing right now and that they also (maybe because of popularity) were not as impacted emotionally when they were not included. You now can appreciate better what those parents were talking about and for your daughter, validate the disappointment and feelings of rejection/embarrassment while knowing you can't fix it. This is life and it really sucks. But also help her reason through it - maybe these girls are closer to play sports together. There was probably not an intention to hurt her. How can she feel connected during this time? Does she have friends she can hang out with more, either inside or outside of school. [/quote]

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