Thursday, 1 February 2018

How to find help for my daughter who is struggling to navigate making and keeping friends


My daughter is a 10 yo in 5th grade. She’s active (Girl Scouts, gymnastics, band), well mannered and is pretty emotionally aware for her age. She doesn’t seem to have troubles making new friends but invariably after a couple of weeks of a new friendship, my daughter will tell me about how this friend has begun ignoring her or has begun treating her poorly. The first couple of times this happened I thought it was just the fickle nature of kids friendships but this is now a reliable pattern that has been repeating for maybe two years.She asks for advice but I’m at a loss. I didn’t really have substantial friends growing up... I’m a twin and relied on that relationship for friendship. Her mom’s grasp on friendship is even more tenuous; she simply has none. I realize this is poor behavior modeling on our parts and I try but even in my 40’s I struggle to make and keep friends. She needs more help than I can give her but I don’t know how. She’s not close to any other adults except her parents, her school counselor is occupied with kids with far more pressing problems and a therapist is expensive and inconvenient given how these issues come and go well before she has a chance to talk with one.I’m at a loss as how to get her the advice and skills she needs to be more successful with friends. Do any of you have ideas? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2rXtSED

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