I wanted to add that facebook and texting has really impacted the social landscape.
This is how it usually goes. People friend her on facebook. Or they are in the hall and say hi to each other, but don't know names. Then someone messages in FB and says "You might not know me, but "let's be friends". OK so they get to know each other on facebook or text and then they agree to meet in the morning before school. One girl wanted to introduce DD to her mother that was a teacher. Then she texted and said now that my mother knows you ..we can go out! So then a bunch of them went to hunger games and slept over. It's like friend dating! LOL.
There are lots of kids who don't want to friend a younger kid, but there are those that want to for whatever reason and so the communication happens that way. And the range of kids messaging is from all grades in MS. Just random people in school that want to connect. Socializing is like a whole side job! So many want to chat! I have her turn off her chat because it gets too crazy.
Anyway..if your kid is social and likes that kind of thing, it could work out OK.
Last edited by lmp; 04/04/12 09:44 AM.
