Ok, as some of you remember dd and her best girl friend are in different schools since they built one around the corner from us....and they get together a couple time a month....well she has some friend at the new school but one of the closer ones has become "in" with the Popular kids....oh the trials of kid dome...she was a weepy mess last night telling me how she wanted to be the girl with all the friends around her, and eat at the table with the good umbrellas and why did she feel this way...well we had a long discussion about feeling, and jealousy, we do have those AG books, but this was so hard for her. She has hung out with the Popular kids, but apparently dd thinks they are mean (AMEN my kid isn't following the herd) I want her to be happy, so why does this hurt me as much as her? I wasn't un popular as a kid, but I don't remember being one of the Popular kids, or did we just not have clicks until High School? Then I was a rebel...a loner...I told her it was ok to be a loner, and be friends with all different kinds of groups....anyone going through popularity issues and jealousy, and just kid anxist? Is this just girls or do boys go through it too....ds seems to be one of the popular kids according to dd...lol....argh....

Amy didn't dd go through something like this as well? HELP...I cried myself to sleep hurting for her....I remember being a teen and getting hurt but at that age I can't even imagine...being lonely I guess is what she is....