When I was a kid, I always stuck to my own age group. At school, I never played with kids in different years. The younger kids were annoying and the older kids were simply too serious. I do remember that in year 12 we did pay some attention to the cute girls in year 11, but not much, not really. The age barrier didn't disappear until uni days. Then it magically evaporated.
These days the age barrier seems non-existent even in primary school. Recently Ophalemu had a slumber party. He invited one girl from his year, but the other two (a boy and a girl) were both from year five. His friends at school range from kindergarten kids to year six kids. There is no age divide. I struggle to understand what an year six kid would have in common with him or what he has in common with a kid in kindergarten. But they seem to make it work.
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