My dd is in year 7 of a mainstream school, she is not officially diagnosed with Aspergers but ticks all the boxes and it is something we are dealing with.
She has been HE'd through the last 4 years of primary, but has made a pretty smooth transition to high school, far better in fact than we had anticipated.
She is however struggling with one particular girl in her class who everybody seems to adore. My dd thinks she is very rude and rather a 'diva' so I don't think she treats her with quite the reverence this girl is used to. By this, I don't mean she is rude, she just doesn't get why this girl is popular. (Apparantly she is like Mackenzie from The Dork Diaries?) As a result this girl often turns on the tears and has her entourage freezing out my dd.
I have told her just to give her a wide berth, but because my dd is so bloody naive, she can't understand why this girl doesn't like her. She said to me, "I'm kind, so why doesn't she like me?" It's almost like it has become a challenge?
Is this normal? Am I overthinking things? My dd is quirky enough as it is, I don't want her to become even more isolated.