Hello! Now that period problem sorted for now...friends!!
Dd is in year 8. She had found a fairly settled group of friends in year seven. Now it seems there's a shift; the girl who was BFF hasn't invited her to birthday do. Dd isn't keen on one of the other girls in the group and my fear is that the BFF has grown closer to this girl and dd has kind of shifted out.
Dd says she still has people to hang out with, although sometimes gets ignored or left out, but sometimes chooses to read a book in the library. My worry is that she might have been a bit forceful in her views on things and people and that this might have had an effect.
Any advice? Unlike some, I don't see my kids through rose tinted glasses, but I also don't want to assume it is dd that needs to change. Rubbish at this stuff-I have plenty of close friends now, but friendship is definitely a learned thing for me rather than an instinct!!