Bluecj

Hi and thank you for your kind words and advice. It's the school holidays now and she seems to have brightened up a bit. She has an older sister in Uni so they've been spending a bit of time together. Hopefully she will be in a better frame of mind when she goes back to school. All I can really do is encourage her to rise above it and to see if there are others who are willing to give her a chance. Once again thank you

Hi, I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right area but I need some advice. We've been living on the Sunshine Coast for 16mths and my 16 year old daughter has found it very difficult to settle. She has made a very small number of friends but never seems to go anywhere or be asked to go anywhere. She asks them if they want to do something but they say they can't because of work, looking after siblings etc all completely valid reasons but then she finds out that they've lied and they've been out. She just wants them to honest with her. She is very shy and I know she finds it hard to put herself out there and she does put the effort in, but now she's becoming withdrawn and says she wants to go back to the UK. It's so upsetting to see. Anyone have any advice they can offer? Or if you've been through a similar thing with your child, how did you deal with it?