How would you handle this? My heart is breaking and I don’t know what to do for the best.
DD is 9, she’s going through puberty and none of her friends are so this/hormones could be a big factor. I’m worried she’s depressed but don’t even know where to start as she’s so young.
She’s seemed unhappy for a while but wouldn’t tell me anything specific, she’s now came out in tears and said she hates school - teacher v v strict, work too hard, been moved tables twice for talking when it was apparently not her (not sure about that), too much drama and gossiping (she said this is the main thing).
She says she spends all weekend stressing about school and every Monday she’s ‘ill’. She’s very sensitive and obvious struggling but gets even more upset when I said we’d have to speak to teacher to try help. She’s said if I talk to teacher it’ll make things worse & she’ll never tell me anything again.
She doesn’t do any after school activities despite encouragement and spends all spare time in her room & just seems miserable. I saw a message she’s sent a friend asking if they’d care if she died.
We’ve parents evening in a couple of weeks & DD will be with us. What can I do to help? When I try talk to her she usually shuts down and says she doesn’t want to talk.