Originally Posted by polarbear

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Especially today, the friends don't even have to be local!

This is very true, but as the mom of a 13-year-old in the age of social media, I'd also be aware that real-life drama can increase 1000-fold in an instant when kids are communicating online... which most 7-8th graders I know are very caught up in.

Best wishes,

polarbear

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Agreed! To clarify, I was thinking of Skype, Facetime, phone calls... I'm not a fan of Facebook or other sites, etc. for pre-teens or teens.