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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 19741" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Jr High is indeed one of the worst experiences a kid can have to endure.</p><p></p><p>And I was sure to tell my kids that. Every single time it happened. Jr High isn't forever. Even had to do it for the high school a few times. I mostly tried to keep what was going on in perspective for them. Then we'd dicuss what a friend was and how one expects a friend to behave.</p><p></p><p>I always kept eyes and ears open to make sure nothing got out of hand. But did my best to let my kids make up their own minds on who to hang out with.</p><p></p><p>easy child had a best friend turn on her in high school. She felt so betrayed she used to tell me how much she hated the girl. I used to respond by reminding her that this same girl had befriended her when no one else would cuz she was the new girl in town. How the girl had stuck up for her over the yrs repeatedly, and stuck by easy child during some pretty rough stuff. Then I'd tell her high school will pass, they'll grow up. And real life is nothing like high school.</p><p>easy child let me know a few months back that she connected up with the girl via My Space. The girl (who really did go off the deep end in high school) is getting her masters degree and has once again become the person easy child remembers. She spent a long time apologizing to easy child for the way she treated her in high school. And thanked easy child for never cutting her down and hurting her back. She explained to easy child that it took college to make her realize just how awful she'd behaved in high school. It made easy child cry. And they're once again best friends.</p><p></p><p>(((hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 19741, member: 84"] Jr High is indeed one of the worst experiences a kid can have to endure. And I was sure to tell my kids that. Every single time it happened. Jr High isn't forever. Even had to do it for the high school a few times. I mostly tried to keep what was going on in perspective for them. Then we'd dicuss what a friend was and how one expects a friend to behave. I always kept eyes and ears open to make sure nothing got out of hand. But did my best to let my kids make up their own minds on who to hang out with. easy child had a best friend turn on her in high school. She felt so betrayed she used to tell me how much she hated the girl. I used to respond by reminding her that this same girl had befriended her when no one else would cuz she was the new girl in town. How the girl had stuck up for her over the yrs repeatedly, and stuck by easy child during some pretty rough stuff. Then I'd tell her high school will pass, they'll grow up. And real life is nothing like high school. easy child let me know a few months back that she connected up with the girl via My Space. The girl (who really did go off the deep end in high school) is getting her masters degree and has once again become the person easy child remembers. She spent a long time apologizing to easy child for the way she treated her in high school. And thanked easy child for never cutting her down and hurting her back. She explained to easy child that it took college to make her realize just how awful she'd behaved in high school. It made easy child cry. And they're once again best friends. (((hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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