DD is Year 10 and I don’t know whether or not to intervene. She had problems with friends In Year 8 and went a bit off the rails but it seemed to settle down in Year 9 when she spent more time at home. It’s now swung completely the other way and she spends most of her out of school time alone at home or with the family. She has said no to invitations to hang out so often that she is no longer asked which makes her sad when she sees all the social media posts. She seems lonely and I am now her sounding board for everything which is becoming exhausting. She really needs peer to peer interaction (to discuss school, music, clothes, the state of the world etc) but claims to find most of her friends annoying. Her social interaction is very limited. I would say she is losing her social skills and I can see how she might be perceived as annoying by other girls although her head of year says all is fine at school. She sleeps a lot. Is it hormones? Depression? When I ask her about any of this she becomes defensive and says she’s fine. I am worried that she will find post-16 education overwhelming unless she learns to develop some other relationships now. Should I do something? What can I do? She says no to going to the GP. Her sister is 10 and very sociable making the situation more stark. She asks to hang out with the 10 year olds but they often say no! This is why I think she is not, in fact, fine but very lonely.