Christie Ferrari
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Johns-Hopkins trained Clinical Psychologist helping you make friends, set boundaries, & navigate parenting.
05/15/2026
Thank you for interviewing me on how to handle when your child isn’t invited to a party. Comment Parents & I’ll send you the full article.
One thing I really want parents to understand is that kids usually aren’t just reacting to the party itself. They’re reacting to what it feels like socially, especially when exclusion starts becoming visible in friend groups.
There’s also a very big difference between not being invited because of numbers/logistics and a child starting to feel pushed out socially.
Comment Handle It & I’ll send you access to my decision tree & scripts for what to say & do next, if you’re in a friendship like this & keep questioning yourself.
The reason status borrowing is so hard to spot is that it looks like real friendship, until it doesn’t.
4 Signs the mean girl is status borrowing from you
She acts like the two of you are much closer in front of other people than she does when it’s just the two of you. She’s borrowing the appearance of closeness with you.
She’ll take the intro, the invite, or the in with your friend group but puts zero effort into the actual friendship. She’s borrowing your access.
She drops your name in rooms you’re not in but barely shows up for you. She’s just borrowing your name.
The second you’re not useful to her anymore, she disappears because she’s done borrowing from you.
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