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"Talking Heads" - How can I help my 7 year old daughter make friends? (Video)

It can be heart-breaking when your young daughter comes home saying she doesn’t have any friends at school. So what can you do to help her build stong and lasting friendships and boost her own self-esteem along the way?

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Rejoice if you find out that your child does not have any friends. Stress is on ‘find out’. Only difference is that now you know. And can do something.
If your child comes home saying she does not have any friends it is heart-breaking. It is even more so if your child does not have any but does not seem to be bothered, does not realize that she does not have any or has and is very happy with “one day” friendships.
While discussing friendship, confidence and self-esteem are often mentioned, less so asperger syndrome.
Some children with asperger syndrome have other “issues” at school – misunderstanding situations and reacting inapropriately, or reacting exactly as other children but at slightly the wrong time – while other children get it, that child might not, creating “bad” behaviour. Those children are lucky, you know they need help, their desire to socialize, communicate and their inability all demonstrate this.
However there are quieter children, who keep themselves to themselves, who interact less, actively avoid interaction, academically do well in school. Those could grow up without anyone ever helping.

By Martina on Saturday 1 January 2011

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