Just want some perspective on what I have been dealing with and if anyone has any advice, please advise 
My own DD is recently 10.
Gifted in at least reading, but I honestly think there are other areas that she is gifted in.
Anything presented to her she could do it. She is loving, fun, smart. She makes friends very easily. She is definitely extrovert and I am totally introvert. She is extremely outgoing.
She is big for her age. As a young 10 in her class she is taller than most. She has always been in the 95% for her age/height.
I am very blessed to have her she is amazing. She is not only smart and beautiful but athletic too.
So you ask what the problem is.... well she is extremely HIGH DRAMA and low self-esteem in regards to her friends. She is always saying nobody likes her and she wants to change schools. She is always feeling left out and teased. I am not sure what to do.
I don't know how to handle this. I always try to be supportive and I even had to sit a couple of girls down during a sleepover party bc of their treatment of my daughter. They said she was their servant and refused to play with and include her.
I always get an earful of who doesn't like her and anymore I just tell her to find something to do bc I don't want to hear it anymore. IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING. A couple of weeks ago we were dealing with headlice and I called her best friends mom to tell her about what I had found- now her best friend is telling everyone my DD had lice. Which I know they are 10, but really I know her best friend would be devastated if the situation was reversed.
Any ideas? Sometimes I wonder if her brain is working overtime (especially bc she is gifted) and that she has a hard time connecting with other kids.
Sometimes I think its normal for this age, but my oldest daughter didn't have this drama.
BTW-There is not a school guidance counselor bc of funding and the gifted program does not meet with students who are gifted reading because of funding.
TIA

My own DD is recently 10.
Gifted in at least reading, but I honestly think there are other areas that she is gifted in.
Anything presented to her she could do it. She is loving, fun, smart. She makes friends very easily. She is definitely extrovert and I am totally introvert. She is extremely outgoing.
She is big for her age. As a young 10 in her class she is taller than most. She has always been in the 95% for her age/height.
I am very blessed to have her she is amazing. She is not only smart and beautiful but athletic too.
So you ask what the problem is.... well she is extremely HIGH DRAMA and low self-esteem in regards to her friends. She is always saying nobody likes her and she wants to change schools. She is always feeling left out and teased. I am not sure what to do.
I don't know how to handle this. I always try to be supportive and I even had to sit a couple of girls down during a sleepover party bc of their treatment of my daughter. They said she was their servant and refused to play with and include her.
I always get an earful of who doesn't like her and anymore I just tell her to find something to do bc I don't want to hear it anymore. IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING. A couple of weeks ago we were dealing with headlice and I called her best friends mom to tell her about what I had found- now her best friend is telling everyone my DD had lice. Which I know they are 10, but really I know her best friend would be devastated if the situation was reversed.
Any ideas? Sometimes I wonder if her brain is working overtime (especially bc she is gifted) and that she has a hard time connecting with other kids.
Sometimes I think its normal for this age, but my oldest daughter didn't have this drama.
BTW-There is not a school guidance counselor bc of funding and the gifted program does not meet with students who are gifted reading because of funding.
TIA
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