I would like some suggestions on how to encourage my 7 year old to stop making mean comments to other children at school. She can also be pretty mean to her older brother and younger sister. She is quite a complicated little girl. She can be kind, loving, fun and great company. But unfortunately can also make some really thoughtless and unkind comments. At home, this seems driven by tiredness, not getting her own way and needing her own space. At school, I think a lot of it is trying to get social acceptance and to form alliances, but it seems to be at the expense of others. She also gets quite bored at school and struggles to sit still on the carpet and not talk. She has always struggled with making and retaining friends and is quite immature in that respect. She has in the past become very keen on one particular friend and it might not be reciprocated and then struggles to move on. That makes her feel angry and unsatisfied, I think. She is quite a bright girl and I feel like she's running rings around us all! But at the heart of it, I don't think she's happy and want to help her.