Anonymous wrote:She's 10. For example at camp she was placed in a sporting event with 2 boys. There were more boys than girls this year. I advised her to talk to the counselor to see if she could change but all groups were filled. She didn't want to speak up. Now she doesn't want to go to camp ($$). It's become a regular pattern if she runs across someone "she doesn't like" or she "feels" doesn't like her, she cowers, whines, shows a grim, mad look and wants to quit that activity.
My DH and I have explained to her she may not like everyone nor some people like her. It's life; and since she signed up for the camp she can't merely quit whenever she's in this situation. .. . She would perish in corporate America ...
What advice do you give your children?
so just from you title, one thing, kids see everything as only happening to them ever. Shocker but no one likes being around people they don't like. That's the first message you need to get across. Explain that there are girls in the group who do not like her or do not like others yet they are still being polite. It's often eye opening for kids like this to be told "hey guess what! that kid you don't like? they don't like you either and feel the same way."
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