Online learners and new friendships
Have anyone’s kids made new friends through online learning?
I’m very impressed with how many new friends DS1 has made in 4 weeks. He started middle school, and three other elementary schools feed into his middle school. Only 20% of the kids are online (the rest are in person), and the kids are grouped into cohorts, so he has the same 25-30 kids in almost all of his classes. Only about 4 were from his elementary school. Suddenly DS has so many new friends. The kids have two breaks during the day, and DS spends that time chatting with them online, playing chess with them, and forging new friendships. It’s the sweetest thing ever.
FWIW, DD (9th) hasn’t made any new friends, but she already has a solid friend group and her 3 BFFs do online school together (rotate houses). And DS2 (1st) hasn’t made new friends, but he’s not very social, so I’m not surprised.
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DD (3/06)
DS1 (7/09)
DS2 (8/13)