Well my dd isn't very confident to begin with, now she's even less so because of a girl in her school. Don't get me wrong, this girl (I'll call her M) is lovely, but she seems to be good at everything. Even I feel intimidated! She makes her own clothes, has won dancing trophies, speech and drama awards, makes nice food, recently got a grade 8 piano and grade 5 violin, gets 100% on almost every single test, and now she has managed to get 11 As at GCSE. My dd is very clever, but due to certain issues, she can only do 9 GCSEs. She is a perfectionist and is already upset because the most she could get is '9 As, rather than 11'. What am I supposed to do about this?? I've told her that M will be bad at things too. I've also told her that 9 GCSEs is a good, respectable number but she won't listen. Has anyone experienced a similar situation, or can you offer advice?
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