mrs miggins

Thanks for your reply Suzi. You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned the breakdown and UK friend's etc. This is exactly what we are experiencing at the moment. My daughter likes playing the guitar too ( at home ). Maybe we could get her more involved in that outside of the house. Unfortunately she is shy too and that tends to hold her back a bit. She's also not very sporty like your daughter but is keen to try gymnastics so we are looking into that for her. Although she does have friend's at school i think it would benefit her to have friend's outside of school too, and yes your right they are luckier than us adults, i could do with some new friend's too, if only it were that easy, lol.

Thanks for your thoughts everyone. I have taken advice from each of your posts. I think we will have to hang in there and see how things are in about 6 months time. In that time we will try and get her more involved in outside school activities, where she can make some more friend's. I think that is where some of the problems come from, as in the UK she had a huge group of friend's to socialise with but here she only has a handful. I have found that the kid's over here don't tend to mix with each other out of school and i have asked some of the mom's over here what the kids do after school and they have told me they go to after school sports or they stay at home. Different culture i guess or maybe that's just where we live ? lol. :smile:

We have been living here as a family since November last year. We have all had a bit of homesickness it comes and goes as you all probably know. Anyway the other night my daughter who is 13, burst into tears said she hates living here, is missing her friends and family and begged us to go back to the UK. This is the second time we have lived here in Australia she would have been 8 yrs old the first time and settled in well, probably due to her age at the time. We have a younger child and he said he loves it here and doesn't want to go back. Has anyone got any constructive advice? Thanks in advance:frown:

Great news! :wink: