Sep 23, 2026 · 35 min · 16 segments
What makes a friendship last? And what happens when you grow up and realize you’re not always growing in the same direction? In this special Motherish episode inspired by DreamWorks Animation’s…
Karen ComasHost
Pamela SilvaHost
Now that you said the picture day, I've noticed, especially this year, le- wa- I think heading into first grade, like the previous summer chat with the moms, yeah, girls are more complicated when it comes to that, right?
So this, this is a big thing in our school, like placement, which is like where are they gonna end up, with who.
It's very difficult, right, to accommodate, 'cause what they usually do, they, they try to keep your child with one of their best friends.
And this is the best friend that they have observed them spending time with, playing in the playground, sharing lunch with, you know, um, a lot of downtime with them.
A lot of parents are in denial as to like, "No, this is my child's friend," and they're like, "Nobody, he's not.
This is your child's friend." So it's been very interesting to see how they place that, and sometimes parents want to obsess of a certain person-
But there's a lot of parents involved, and I do have to, uh, it's like playing, like, chess.
Now that you said the picture day, I've noticed, especially this year, le- wa- I think heading into first grade, like the previous summer chat with the moms, yeah, girls are more complicated when it comes to that, right?
So this, this is a big thing in our school, like placement, which is like where are they gonna end up, with who.
It's very difficult, right, to accommodate, 'cause what they usually do, they, they try to keep your child with one of their best friends.
And this is the best friend that they have observed them spending time with, playing in the playground, sharing lunch with, you know, um, a lot of downtime with them.
A lot of parents are in denial as to like, "No, this is my child's friend," and they're like, "Nobody, he's not.
This is your child's friend." So it's been very interesting to see how they place that, and sometimes parents want to obsess of a certain person-
But there's a lot of parents involved, and I do have to, uh, it's like playing, like, chess.
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