QOTW: Social Groups

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QOTW: Social Groups
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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 7:39am

Many of you probably saw and/or participated in the post in the second folder..."Is it ok to be a nerd"


This got me thinking, so I am curious:



  • What social group, at this time, would you place your 10-14 yr old in?

  • What are the pros & cons that you can see, for being in this social group?

  • What social group, at this age, were you in?

  • If you could hand pick a social group for your 10-14 year old; which one would it be and why?

  • Do you have any strong feelings one way or another as to what social group is the "best" & "worse"

Share your thoughts!



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Registered: 09-26-2003
Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:43pm
LOL--what's my daughter got to do with anything???

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Mon, 11-20-2006 - 10:45pm
I have never heard the expression "gamma girls", very interesting!

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Tue, 11-21-2006 - 8:04am

"LOL--what's my daughter got to do with anything??? "

Because you specifically mentioned more than once that your daughter is a leader within the popular crowd. I wanted to make it clear that I wasn't talking about your daughter, just the topic.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 11-21-2006 - 6:42pm

Both of my twins are in similar social groups, which overlap with each other on occasion. The commonalities of their groups are that the kids are intelligent, they care about their grades/how they do in school, most have activities (in and/or out of school) that they are involved in, they all have their own style of dress (no pressure to look or dress a certain way), and in general are not mean spirited. Several of the kids are very popular and well liked....the middle school 6th grade president is among this group, as are a few kids who play sports, as well as music students. The kids genuinely like each other as friends.

I can’t see any cons.

At their age I hung around the same kids that lived near me (and which I knew since kindergarten).

I like their social groups and wouldn’t make any changes.

I just feel the worse group would be one which places the stress of “one way is the best way – their way”, and of which is not accepting of others that are not within their group.

Lynn




Edited 11/21/2006 6:49 pm ET by twins4lynn

 

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