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[quote=Anonymous] I can relate. My DD hasn't liked lunch since third grade. In fourth she was getting bullied at lunch. In fifth a friend became friends with her bullies and my DD had to find a new lunch group. Sixth was Covid but then in 7th the grade was split up into 2 lunches and it was difficult to figure out who to sit with. Eventually she became friends with a loner girl and got closer to kids she knew in elementary.

Halfway through the year she switched schools from public to private. The original group she sat with dumped her so she started sitting with the friend group of one of her other friends. While my DD enjoyed sitting with her friend, the rest of the group made it clear they didn't like her. When my DD's friend switched schools the group dumped her. Then in 8th she got bullied and for about a month she would come home crying and saying she had no friends. She talked to the counselor about the bullying. The counselor said "I wonder why that's happening but it'll get better in high school" and nothing changed. The counselor told my daughter about three groups she could hang out with at lunch-the first group that dumped her in 7th, a group that whispers when she comes near, and a third group. My DD went to talk to that group twice. The first time a boy was mean to her ("Ew I don't want to sit with a girl."), the second time my DD was bored and ended up sitting with a different friend. It's the second semester of 8th. My DD has one friend in her grade (who is moving states soon) and 3 in the grade below her. We are currently doing applications to other schools to see what happens however my DD wants to stay at this tiny insular private school and try out for the cheerleading/dance teams to see if joining a team would help her gain friends (she has dance experience).

I'm honestly confused. This is the girl who was well-liked in public school and is the life of the party at family reunions talking to cousins she hasn't seen in four years. She has friends through an EC and prior to switching to private she always had friends. She can clearly socialize and make friends. [/quote]

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