Examples of Social Development from Observations

I observed a group of 6th grade girls that were what you would call a "clique" or a small group of friends.  I watched them as they walked down the hallway talking about what they were going to do for the coming up weekend and which house they were going to stay at.  I continued to watch the girls in the classroom pass notes to one another while class was going on.  I know when I was about their age, I did the exact same thing and I even still have some of the notes I kept over the years.  When I look back and read my notes, I cannot believe I acted in such a way.  But thats how the middle age brain works!