Help. My daughter is 11 and quite mature for her age. She has gone through Primary School brilliantly and has great friendships there and is confident with people she knows.
However, she leaves Primary School next week and a few of them are going their separate ways, including her, to a school where she will know no one.
The problem is, in the last few months I have noticed she has become unbelievably shy with people she doesn't know well, to the point she can barely muster a mumbled hello.
The school she is going to have put me in touch with another family who won't know anyone, that we have arranged to meet in a couple of weeks, but she's already getting herself in a state about that and what she will say as she 'can't talk to people'
What can I do to help her? I'm an emotional wreck about her leaving Primary School as it is, not helped by the fact her bubble is currently off so they only have three days together left.
She has a wicked sense of humour and is really quick-witted, I just need to find a way to help her over those initial conversations.
Any help at all is appreciated.