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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could have written your post. My kid is very similar. I wish there was a safe way here to exchange information so we could get them together. [/quote]

How old is your daughter, and are you in MOCO?[/quote]

My kid is 10 with adhd, anxiety and depression. She takes many many meds which help but it was a long road and is not a cure all. We are in Silver Spring. She does fencing, swim, Girl Scouts and choir. But she doesn’t have her people and has experienced lots of exclusion. She’s bright and friendly and high strung and bossy and simultaneously immature and overly mature. She can talk about all her feelings in excruciating detail. She cannot seem to maintain meaningful friendships over the long run. She maybe has unrealistic expectations of what true friendship is. She works with a therapist. It’s all tough. [/quote]

OP here. I’m sorry you’re in a similar boat. This stuff is so hard. My daughter’s friend who lives in DC said she lucked out last year and just happened to be placed in the class with quirky, bright, bookish girls like herself, so she found a group of friends. A lot of it is luck. I am personally not concerned with deep friendships right now, but friendships that are reciprocal and have a chance to grow over the long term. Fingers crossed for us both![/quote]

One of you make a new gmail account and post it here. Once you connect, ask Jeff to delete the post. [/quote]

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