Not sure how to start this... my daughter is coming up to 12 and is in year 7.
She's always struggled to make friends and I had hoped starting high school would mean having more girls to choose from to make friends.
Sadly it seems to be worse now. She's a lovely girl, but not with a twig like body shape. I suspect she's getting picked on and seems to have body image problems already but won't talk to me about it.
I feel like she has some sort of social anxiety issues also in that she struggles to cope when there are lots of people around and shuts herself down.
I worry that, if I take her to the doc, they will just give her some tablets to take and send her on her merry way.
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this?
I'm a fairly young parent (36 with a nearly 12 Yr old) and I don't have any friends with kids similar age so find it difficult to get her in anywhere.
She plays some sports but doesn't really seem to bond with the other kids as they mostly move around in large packs and my daughter doesn't feel comfortable joining in to their conversations.