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Originally Posted by kimbrly818
Oh no , it's not that she doesn't know anyone, she actually know EVERYONE in her building and gets along with them all too. There are 54 students in her building. She boast that she has 16 friends that she talks with everyday and plays with. So like I said it's not just going to the school, it's staying there all week.
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I'm not trying to minimize your daughter's feelings at all, and I'm sure that this has been an adjustment for her. It is entirely possible that the school is seeing a differnt picture than the one your daughter is showing you. If she is telling you that she has 16 friends that she talks to everyday, and she decided to stay at school the week that she was going to go to your sister's house, it sounds to me like there might have been something fun arranged for the dorm students that she had forgotten about and she didn't want to miss it.
My son would sometimes come home from school and tell me he had a horrible day, and he hated school only to find out later that he had not had any problems that day at all. That doesn't mean that a kid is being dishonest, just that they sometimes tell us what will get the reaction they want from us. Your daughter has all of your focus when she is complaining about school, and she knows you will sympathize with her feelings. And that's okay. Its just the way parent child relationships are, and its normal. But, while you are giving her the reasurrance and the sympathy she needs, just keep in mind that it probably isn't quite as bad as she is telling you it is. You don't have to tell her that, just keep it in the back of your mind.