Nowadays, with parents so actively involved in every detail of children’s lives, play dates have taken the place of children just simply playing outside with whomever happens to be around and parents orchestrate the details of their children’s social lives. Now, schools have entered the mix. In addition to school counselors mediating such situations as when a parent complains about an “unkind” text message received by his or her child, schools also are now actively discouraging “best” friends.
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