I have been looking online for penpals for my 13 yr old daughter
today. I found this site and have been crying ever since. She is
currently homeschooled but starting a private school in August that
will help with problems. She use to have friends in public school.
She had learning problems but school wouldn't help. I took her out
in 2nd grade. We were in 2 homeschool groups that were ok at first,
but then got kinda bad and kids wouldn't play with her. There are
no kids where we live, no kids her age in our family. She has
social anxiety issues, so it's hard for her to make friends. She is
in a church youth group, but hasn't connected to any one specific
person. She was in girl scouts but can't handle the bad behavior of
the girls and she is very sensitive to lots of noise and
stimulation. So she couldn't handle it. She did have one friend in
girl scouts, she was kind of close to her. But, the girl is now bad
toward her and she ended their friendship. She is VERY lonely, sad,
depressed most of the time. She has to take depression meds and go
to a counselor. NOTHING will help her be better except for having a
friend. I am so sorry I ever took her out of school. This is all my
fault and I hate this. She is so behind in school partly because of
being depressed and not being able to do school. I know that at
this point she would never make it if I put her back in public
school. She is far behind academically and I already know she won't
get help there. Plus with her social issues and being overweight,
she would be bullied and hurt even worse. There is a house next to
us that has been empty 2 yrs. She cries sometimes when she sees it.
We prayed so much for kids to move there. About 2 weeks ago I
learned a young family with a baby will be living there. I can't
bring myself to tell her. She is very sweet, funny, nice, caring.
She is using ds games and pokemon and internet to take the place of
friends.Small town, no activities, can't pay for activities for
her. HELP!!!!!!
