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[quote=Anonymous]Girl Scouts, especially summer camp, and theater (in a behind-the-scenes role). Also D&D club.

She needed an activity to take the spotlight off of herself and her feelings of awkwardness. But it had to be one that both required her to interact with other kids, and also allowed for side conversations that could turn into friendships as they connected over mutual interests. So things like hiking and canoeing, volunteer work, painting sets, developing D&D characters all fit the bill.

GS summer camps were her happy place for many years, and it eventually turned into a summer job. It helps that as they get older, the girls who stick with it tend to be the less status- and image-conscious ones, or at least able to let go of that in the summers. Things just tend to be pretty relaxed at camp, and in many ways the girls seem to kind of embrace the quirks.

I’d suggest looking for a place yours could apply her art skills to set-building, either for a school production or a local community theater group. My DD has found that the “tech” kids are very different from the acting kids, and they even joke among themselves about how “extra” the actors are. But I’ve seen some who do eventually get the bug and make the leap to acting as they get comfortable in the theater environment. [/quote]

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