My DC has become more and more reticent. Teachers say she answers questions on a one to one and does well in exams but she looks terrified if asked in class.
They are worried as the work gets more difficult that she won't ask when stuck.
I thought she simply didn't want to give a very competitive friend a chance to wind her up about being thick. (Neither DD nor I are sure why the friend is so competitive. In everything, either she has to win/be better or the subject /activity is pronounced useless and irrelevant.
Usual teenage girl stuff but ..
this morning we were having pancakes and I had to do something quickly with DD3 so asked DD1 to cook them - batter already made - and she said "no, I'll just make a mess of it"
I laughed and said I always have to bin the first one!
She got in a total flap and then DH came back and took over.
But she has often made pancakes for family and is better than me??
I worry that she is getting scared to try more things in case she "fails" and its getting worse.
Doesn't call friends as they are probably busy
Competitive friend was saying how many friends she'd had texts from - DD v sad as she had not but friend texts everyone and they reply
Suggested she text some but no to see what they were up to but no....
What can I do to help?
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Won't try in case she gets it wrong - what to do?
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twostepsforwardonestepback · 03/02/2013 15:12
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