Social Skills and Personal Goals

Hey everyone,
So today we experienced a first in our home. The Munchkin Princess brought home a friend from school. Okay, don't get me wrong, it's not like she has never had friends at the house before. She just has never really sought out other kids to bring them home on her own. Usually the socializing in our home is at the hands of birthday parties or other such events. Before gymnastics when she was around 5 or 6 she had a tendency to become "friends" with the girls in class who more or less told her that they were friends. You know the sassy pants, bossy, almost mean girls. (They were still too young to really be mean) I worried that she would get pushed around or negatively influenced by the girls she kept ending up friends with at school. But after joining gymnastics and becoming more and more self-assured she has become rather discerning in her selection of people that she actually calls her friends. Now The Munchkin Princess is expressing desires for a...wait for it......Best friend. (I blame too many B.F.F. Disney movies, but I digress) This is a lot of pressure for me because I know that we have at least one more move before our family really sets roots and settles in somewhere and children often gain friends through their parent's friends and that just hasn't been possible for our daughter. You see, being an only child to young parents kind of puts you in an isolated demographic, especially in our area of town. I am grateful that gymnastics has really ushered her into herself by socially grooming her for peer interaction and giving her the platform that she needs to continue to grow into the little butterfly that she has always been. Just generally  in life I know she will...
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