DD Yr 5 has close group of friends at school as well as generally getting on well with most of her class. Her teachers in the past have described her as 'popular' and 'maintains friendships well' came up in her report. However she is very physical, she loves games that involve running or practicing gymnastics etc. Increasingly her friends only want to do make-believe games. DD is really torn, she says that she just doesn't enjoy the games at all and is desperate to run about. But, her friends get upset with her when she doesn't play with them, and also she is conscious that if she continues to not play with them she is opting out of a long standing and close friendship group. She is a confident and determined child, but it's a dilemma. There don't seem to be other girls in the class that want to be physical at break and lunch. I am unhelpfully letting my mind wander to all sorts of scenarios where she becomes more and more out of step with her female peers, looses her friends with whom she finds it hard to conform, never meets similar girls and becomes an outcast in Secondary, is unhappy and insecure forever and ever.. . . . . Have any of you had unusually physical/sporty girls who went through a phase of wanting different things from their peers at about 9/10? How has the worked out?