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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are a lot of parents on this thread who have their heads in the sand. Seriously you need to get with the program.

Yes in the affluence circles particularly...many not all parents do care about the popularity of the kids, yes many of the "popular" and not popular kids are smoking, drinking,etc...at 16. Hooking up at 13 is de rigeour. Stop being so ignorant. If someone says rarely drinks, don't chastise her but accept it, yes for a 16 year old in today's ridiculous growing up way too fast world...rarely drinks IS an accomplishment. I am so sick of these parents who put this silly charade on like they are so shocked all this goes on....like they are appalled that parents care about their precious kids popularity. WELL NEWSFLASH...PEOPLE YES THEY DO!

My D a junior is neither here nor there, she is kind of in the middle, she would LOVE to be popular but in 11th grade is accepting her "position" in the pecking order and no longer seeks to join the "cool kids". Fine with me. But I don't for a minute kid myself into thinking because shes not with those kids, she isn't doing the things so many are, or that she doesn't care about being popular because she does and because I know its important to her....guess what I think about it too (but never let her know it). I cannot get over the ignorance of some of the parents here....[/quote]

I think you have totally missed the point.

1.  Yes, many kids do care about being popular. Their still kids and their frontal lobes aren't fully developed, so they care about a bunch of crap that doesn't matter and don't always make good decisions.

2.  Most kids hide drinking and having sex from their parents. Especially if the parent is the type to say their child would neverrrrrr do something like that. Not exactly an ideal situation for the teenager to discuss issues.

3.  Some parents do care about their children's popularity. And some parents are shitty parents. There is a lot of overlap between the 2 groups. Doesn't change my position that my childern's popularity is not something I worry about. I worry about their friends, having a group they identify with so that high school is not torture and their school work. But the idea that a grown woman would bask in the glory of teenage popularity is weird, infantile and gross.

Hope that helps![/quote]

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