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[quote=Anonymous]Mine is older and went through a very rough time at your DDs age.  It's much better now but she's still a little isolated so here's some ideas (besides activities, mentioned above)
 
My DD goes to school far away, but she is 16, so for her, Friday nights are the tough time, as in our neighborhood, one can see packs of teens out and about while she has no plans. (of course my DD can't imagine that there are probably just as many teens who are NOT out, but since those are invisible when you drive down the street, that doesn't register)

So I have an art teacher that comes over on Friday evenings.  This provides some psychological buffer....she now is busy on Friday evenings, she also has "something to do."

The other thing is to be out of town on certain days when you know it's going to not go well for your kid.  So, if you are in say, NYC for Halloween, and going to a show that night, well, of course she's not going to go trick or treating with a friend, so the idea that she has no friends to go with doesn't really enter into the picture.

I'm not saying that this is the ONLY thing you should do, OP, as this in and of itself is insufficient.  But it's one thing that you might be able to plan for.

I tried to get the younger cousins to come visit for Halloween--that gives a kid something to do, to help create the magic of Halloween for a younger kid, walk them around; super-fun.  You might be able to do that with younger neighbor kids.[/quote]

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