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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m surprised no one has mentioned the moms’ social standing yet (or maybe I missed it). Because that was probably the #1 determinant in my kids’ elementary school. At least among the girls, not so much with boys. The dominant social clique of moms very much drove the popular girl crowd. It’s much less prevalent in middle school, but there are still a handful of kids hanging on to popular status by virtue of who their parents hang out with. (This is in a public school. I imagine it might be more pronounced in an exclusive private.)[/quote]

Really?  When I think back to the "popular" girls from middle and high school, their moms were very average at best.  In fact, the girl I recall being the prettiest in high school had an obese and unattractive mother.  Father was thin, but unattractive too.  I remember thinking how in the world did she result from them.  But anyway, no ones parents ever mattered at all in terms of popularity...back in the 90s/2000s[/quote]

I think in elementary school it happens and then that can carry over into HS.  My mom was friends with the other moms and they would have us all get together for sleepovers, trick or treating, etc..

Those mom-based friendships got established before anyone was popular or not, but they carried over to some extent into middle and high school.  [/quote]

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