DD has always been on the edge of friendship groups. I strongly suspect she has ADHD and is a bit socially awkward.
She seemed to hit of off with a girl in Her class this year as they have similar interests. However increasingly they have been falling out as my DD has complained she is bossy, does means things (I had to get her arm checked at minor injuries as this girl was throwing it around in PE -only in fun of course) and is always putting my add down saying her stuff is better. This girl has a diagnosis of autism.
Things have gone very south with this girl. I think there have been clashes and poor behaviour from both. My Dd got very upset last week and was writing notes about her and this girl now seems on a vendetta. She said she got frustrated with this girls behaviour towards her. We had a chat about how that wasn’t an appropriate way to deal with it and my DD acknowledges her behaviour wasn’t great and she has apologised profusely. But it seems now all the Girls have taken the others side and she is being shut out.
I had a terrible time at school with friends and just don’t feel equipped to deal with this. I feel like it’s history repeating (though we are very different characters so I had trouble for different reasons).
Tip of helping girls navigate this sort of thing welcome from those that have been through it.
TLDR: help me help 10 year who is struggling with friendships.