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Originally Posted by jmdt  Yes our high school is 9th through 12th also. My older son and daughter both played varsity soccer and they were around the older kids too but they didn't go over their house to hang out and eat over. They may have sat with them in lunch and stuff but this doesnt sound like that at all. These 2 are hanging out. The 9th grader is going to the prom with the 12th grader??? This is not just some high school dance. It's the prom!! |
You're saying that your kids that played varsity, practiced for hours everyday after school, rode the bus to away games, did team bonding activities and team dinners,etc, had the natural comradery that forms on a team sport, and yet didn't make friends with these same players, such that they hung out or ate over???
Maybe your attitude towards prom is generational. I don't think its the be-all and end-all of high school activities like it once was. For my kids, "homecoming" was formal and so was the "winter formal". My daughter went to prom 3 years of high school and didn't view it as that big of a deal. My son went two years. Other than alot of extra decoration, it didn't differ much from the other formal dances they attended.