My Teen Daughter Lost Her Friend Group. I’m Surprised By What It’s Done to Me.

Dear Prudence I worry I’m making it worse. July 29, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by mediaphotos/Getty Images Plus. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, I am the mother of a 13-year-old girl, and I cannot stop worrying about her social life. She attends a small and academically excellent private school with only 30 girls in her grade. This year, she left her longtime friend group (they’d been friends since the start of this school year) after conflicts and hurt feelings on both sides. She deeply regrets it now, but she says there is no path for reconciling. Another large group initially encouraged her to sit w