I would love some help/advice if there is any out there. My DD, she'll be 10 quite soon, has virtually no friends to play with at home. I say virtually, she plays with her only sibling (brother) and his mate and occassionlly a couple of other children round the corner (who aren't that pleasant) but it is slim pickings where we live for children to play with. To begin with there are a lot of elderly people where we live and the children that do live around here don't seem to play outside (by the way does anyone else think this is a sign of the times or just me, when I grew up in the 70's were seemed to be outside most of the time) so it's not as if she can casually meet another child.
she dislikes anything girlish eg. Justin Beiber, Disney, High school musical etc etc and doesn't tend to pal out with girls at school. She is very bright, imaginative and has a great sense of humour, she would have a lot to give a like-minded child. I spend most of my days feeling in despair for her although she seems happy on the whole I know she is missing out on friendship and play. I just I could wave a magic wand sometimes and produce one decent little friend for her!