Hi, would be so grateful if anyone had any good tips here: DD is 7, oldest in her class, also the tallest and biggest/chubbiest (yes, overweight), and also pretty much consistently top of the class in several subjects. She is finding it very hard to make friends within her year group, esp w the girls, and despite being tough on the outside, as she says, she finds the teasing/verbal bullying very hard to deal with - a boy called her "fatty" and she dealt w it w a swift punch on the nose (which never got reported back to us but which seemed to have solved any problems w the boys) but with the girls it's all behind the teachers' backs. From what I can see, she plays well with the girls in the playground after school, but I don't know what goes on during the school day. Especially one girl seems intent on making her feel small, calling her stupid, telling her she looks silly et.c. She has friends outside of school but no-one "special" - she feels like she hasn't got anyone of her own age to call friend. She swapped schools between Y1 and Y2. Have tried engineering friendships by having people over but although it always seems to go OK, she never gets invited back. Have bought a shipload of books to read on the subject but would love to hear from anyone in the same situation - what can I say or do? DD comes across confident in class, is good at talking and analysing her own feelings - it's standing up for herself when someone has a go that she finds really hard. Sorry but what is this thing with girls... My life for a one-off big punch-up to settle scores rather than months of horrible tittle-tattle and whispering!! Just had to get that one off my chest...