Worried about my 10 year old

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My daughter is 10 and starts high school in Sept, she has best friend at the moment but will not socialise with anyone other than her bf, she won’t stand with other girls from her class in a morning and insists and just staying with me until the bell goes. She will walk past girls from her class and not speak to them! Her bf is moving soon so she will not be able to walk to high school with her and I’m so worried she is just going to be by herself. I’ve tried to encourage her but she says she doesn’t like the other girls, I’m going to raise it with the teacher at parents evening to see how she is in school, she’s not even interested in playing our after school (although maybe that’s not too bad as the other kids are causing trouble and running riot 😂) any advice would be great xx

Yes, I agree with talking to the teacher. It's unusual that she will only talk to one person. She 'tis the risk of her BF making new friends at High School and being left without anyone.

Does she do any activities out of school at all like Scouts or Guides, football, cricket, climbing? These are usually good for meeting other children and helping them to get along.

I do think though that you may have to ask her why she doesn't talk to anyone other than her BF.

My 11 Yr old dd is exactly the same! She is very unsociable, but so am I! She just prefers her own company. I'm hoping she makes a nice group of like minded people at high school

I would definitely encourage her to join some clubs at high school too. Ours has a few clubs for the quieter ones like Nintendo club and beginners brass.

heyduggeee makes a good point about both her and her DS being the same. Are you very sociable OP? While she's standing with you on the playground are you talking to the other parents and carers?