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But the classic best-friend bond — the two special pals who share secrets and exploits, who gravitate to each other on the playground and who head out the door together every day after school — signals potential trouble for school officials intent on discouraging anything that hints of exclusivity, in part because of concerns about cliques and bullying.
is merely a playground version of the paranoia that brings about excessive state supervision and pervasive "anti-terror" government. Do not let them share secrets and exploits, as those exploits may be damaging to the state. Small personal relationships are verboten. Privacy is a tool of terror and misbehaviour.
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For many child-rearing experts, the ideal situation might well be that of Matthew and Margaret Guest, 12-year-old twins in suburban Atlanta, who almost always socialize in a pack. One typical Friday afternoon, about 10 boys and girls filled the Guest family backyard. Kids were jumping on the trampoline, shooting baskets and playing manhunt, a variation on hide-and-seek.
Pack mentality? Move with the herd? They use the word PACK for christ's sake. PACKS of children are a blight on the face of the UK, I certainly wouldn't encourage it. And lets be perfectly honest, when did you ever see a clique of two people? Never. You get a clique from a pack, and bullies often delight in an audience. Some of the toughest ones to beat come with a PACK.
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23 Dec 2010, 9:51 pm
I liked valium too. Glad I never tried Heroin.
