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toymama asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

Helping child with making friends and social interaction.?

My daughter is 9 years old and having some real issues with social interaction. I have known for a while that she does not have many friends and that she is immature for he age but I am just starting to realize how deep this problem goes. I happen to see a letter she wrote to a friend and it broke my heart. She was saying how last school year she had no friends and this year she had very few. She also said people thought she was fat, a freak and annoying. I have noticed her lack of friends but she has never mentioned it bothering her so I figured if it didn't bother her I shouldn't let it bother me. Guess I was way off base. The only things I have noticed and have tried nicely to correct in her social behavior is her hanging on people both literally and figuratively. If a friend tries to hug her she hangs on and wont let go leading to people not wanting to hug or touch her. If she gets friends she gets so wound up that she wants to be with them 24/7. She also doesn't know when to calm down. She will get something in her head to play and wont stop mentioning it she goes on and on and on about it until people are annoyed with her. help please I want people to love her as much as I do.

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  • tucker
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Try girl scouts...or taekwondo where thay focus on friendships and honor. It will also build her confidence.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Has your daughter long previous by way of a separation with somebody she enjoyed which comprise a dying of a kinfolk member? If she has long previous by way of an substantial loss then she desires counseling. i might additionally recommend getting her right into a form exterior college hours that is in accordance with convalescing self-somewhat worth. Being called names and not having many acquaintances is a huge self-somewhat worth killer. I agree that she needs to check the thank you to act accurately in a social putting. Does your daughter be afflicted by an psychological disability? because of the fact her habit does sound exceptionally radical for a baby her age whilst commonly they're attentive to what's proper and what isn't at 9 years previous. i might even evaluate taking her to a pediatrician for an assessment and suggestion.

  • 1 decade ago

    Maybe she's a nerd. Sorry, but it's true -- not every girl was created to be head cheerleader and homecoming queen. Maybe if you were less pushy and expecting her to be popular, she'd learn to accept herself and find friends, albeit unpopular, nerdy ones, who would accept her the way she is. Get her involved in an activity of HER choosing that she is actually interested in, and perhaps she can find at least some activity partners if not bosom buddies.

    Start by accepting her the way she is. Your anxiety about her social life is probably what's fueling her behavior. If she was confident and accepted herself, she would not be like this, but as I said, not every girl is created to be Miss Popular so stop expecting that.

    Source(s): Source(s): My daughter is 13, should be nerd of the school being 2 years ahead of her class in math and the smartest kid in school, but she loves and accepts herself and while she's not going to be homecoming queen, she has a circle of other nerdy girls who love her and of whom she's a leader. Let your daughter be who she is and she'll have the confidence to reach out appropriately.
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