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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't ask to switch to classes with her friends, but I think if you could at least get her in lunch with friends that will be helpful. [b]Obviously a lot of people here don't have social anxiety or debilitating shyness. It's for sure easier for some kids than others. [/quote][/b]

This exactly.  The people who are claiming, "She'll be fine.  She'll learn how to make friends." really have no idea what it's like for some people. [/quote]

Except that I do. As a former extremely shy high school kid who distinctly remembers how much it sucked having no friends in my lunch period, and a current parent of an extremely shy middle schooler, [b]I still think it would be doing the daughter a disservice in the long-term by getting involved.[/b][/quote]

+1. [b] Especially since research suggests that parental overprotective/intrusive behaviors actually predict and maintain anxiety disorders in children[/b] (one factor of many, of course).[/quote]

And what does research say about what going through HS without friends does to the mental well-being of a child? [/quote]

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