Teen dd feeling lonely and resentful about friends who continue to socialise

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I am sure my 14 year old must not be the only one to feel this way. She has been messaging friends and has FaceTimed some, but she is staring to feel a bit lonely. I think a couple of friends ignored her messages and she feels a bit rejected. Also, while we have been going out to exercise, and went out for a walk in the sun today, we have not being meeting up with anyone etc. A couple of her friends, however, have been meeting up, having picnics in the park, etc. As you can imagine, dd is feeling a bit resentful about that. I am trying to hard to lift her mood but this weekend was hard.

Anyone else in the same situation?

Can you tell her that teen socialising is very selfish as they'll be bringing it home and passing it on to other family members who will be much more unwell than they are? That those teens cause be a cause of serious hospitalization or even death for their parents or other household members? It is hard when friends ignore messages, my son (slightly younger) feels the same. I've been encouraging him to cast his net wider with messaging and see who responds and also to keep trying. Maybe also other means? There will be friends out there also feeling lonely who will appreciate the effort.

It wont be the perfect solution, but for the first time ever I am limiting my dds phone use. I have three dds, 20, 13 and 17. We have two hours a day with no phones, me included, and its been brilliant. We do stuff together or watch tv then walk. The 13 year old likes having a break. We did it as a group pact rather than me telling them.

My dd is 16 and understands she needs to stay home to save lives, she’s not bothered what her friends are up too (though most are staying at home as we are all living rurally). She has phone contact with her best friends.

My 14 year old is struggling as she has autism, she has a boy friend at school and has no phone contact, she doesn’t have a phone as her autism is quite severe, she’s struggling as she doesn’t really understand what’s happening, she sees the warnings on tv to stay indoors and now refuses to even go into the garden or for a walk .

Thankfully, my 14yo dd's friends are all social distancing, like we are, so there are no meet-ups that she is missing out on. They mostly keep in touch with group video calls and the usual social media. She's very sociable and definitely missing the social contact, but accepts that it can't happen for a while.It's tough for teenagers though.