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If she doesn't many friends at present, this process will be a slow one.  If you encourage her at all to hang out with anyone, make it with one other kid at a low key event (not surrounding a major holiday or event) and preferably [b]without[/b] her cousins.  It's great that she spends time with them, but she needs to have a social life that's independent of them.  Encourage her to make this effort at least once a month.

Basically, I would think about this more long term almost like a new year's resolution. Between now and the end of school, encourage her to focus on:

1. One thing to expand her mind or learn a new skill (coding club, math club, book club, drama)
2. One thing to give back to her community (planting a tree, volunteering a dog shelter or nursing home)
3. One thing to improve her physical being (leaning how to cook healthy foods, taking up a non-competitive, recreational sport like swimming, walking/hiking, yoga, even meditation.)

At the beginning of the month you can think about how these 3 goals might happen.  By June, she's going to feel healthier, more confident, and just maybe she will have built up a few social acquaintances whom she can invite to her summer birthday party.  This isn't really the end goal but it would help celebrate her time of growth.  GL[/quote]

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