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" For years we&amp;#039;ve shared good times, even vacations, with the family of one of my daughter&amp;#039;s childhood playmates, but now that the girls are teenagers, they can&amp;#039;t stand each other. How can we maintain our families&amp;#039; friendship while keeping our daughters happy? Tackle this awkward situation head-on. Make a date with the other mother to discuss how your daughters have grown apart, emphasizing that you and your husband still enjoy their company. Vow to keep the friendship going, sometimes as couples and other times with the girls around. But don&amp;#039;t push your daughters into being buddies; it&amp;#039;s best to accept this as a stage, one that will probably pass. Also, talk to your daughter one-on-one and ask what bothers her about the other girl. Tell her that you won&amp;#039;t force her to like her former friend, but you expect civility -- no standoffish behavior or unkind remarks allowed. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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