Re: Bring back the girls!
In my memories of growing up as a primary school kid, I didn't really see that difference.
I had a birthday party entirely of girls once and it didn't seem particularly weird. They just happened to be my closest friends.
Things inevitably change with the onset of puberty though. Boys in particular start to compete with their male peers for status and this can lead to boys and girls separating out socially. The trick is for us parents to make sure that that competition doesn't morph into something antisocial, something that I feel that many parents check out of. There is room for competition and status without the darker side of how that can manifest.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
