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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]mom of single DD here.  Like all generalizations I think this one has a kernel of truth, much as it kills me to admit it.  Must be why almost all my mom friends are the mothers of boys only, much to DD's chagrin.    :wink:  "Why do all your friends have boys?"  in my experience, they are more relaxed and they have less time for bs politics, which I like.

the one conflict that's come up with another mother was with a mother of 2 girls.  She was a total social engineer as described previously - trying to fight her kid's battles etc.  I'll go further though and say in my experience, it's mainly SAHMs of girls who social engineer and create cliques - the rest of us are too busy for that kind of bullshit.

*waits for the screams of outrage*
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As you said about the first generalization, I think that your sahm one contains a grain of truth; however, I would guess that is because sahm's are around to hear some of the exclusionary comments, whether from their child recounting aspects of their day or by directly overhearing their kids' and friends' conversations. I say that as a primarily wah parent who goes into the office one day a week - on the day I'm in the office, I worry less because "out of sight, out of mind," but I also am more disconnected from my kids' days on that day (not always a bad thing, but there are pluses and minuses to it). The one thing I am certain of is that as a parent you have no clue about your kid's day by what they decide to tell you about it. [/quote]

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