hello, my 10 year old DD is struggling withbself esteem issues and I am desperate to find an expert who can help.
She is a shy, gentle child and gets bossed around by the few friends that she has and struggles to find her voice or to even give an opinion. We've had another afternoon of tears because she was left out when playing with her two cousins.
I wouldn't mind if she didn't mind, but my heart breaks because she so wants to feel confident and be like the other girls. Her 5 year old cousin made her her cry this week because she told her she's not pretty - I'm just giving an example here.
We've tried having friends around to play after school, she's in a drama club , but it's nit making any difference and I desperately need some professional advice and help. We live in West London.
My husband wants me to give up work to focus on her but I'm not sure if that would help and in any case we need the income, but we just don't know what to do.
I would greatly appreciate any advice.
Sam