12 year old daughter and friends

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My daughter is 12 and in the 6th grade. She is very insecure given that she is 5'10" and taller than all of her friends. Yet beautifu, a good student and has always had great friends. Within the last month she has cried on 3 separate occasions about not wanting to go to school and how all of her friends now don't like her. we talked about reasons why and all she can say is "I don't know what's wrong...they just won't include me anymore!!"" HELP!!!!

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Hi haylesmom and welcome to GreatSchools Parent Community. We're a nationwide community of parents, so we're relating our issues from all over the country. In fact, naming schools isn't always the best thing to do when talking about our kids, since there's always a way to find comments made as a search.

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hi what school is she going to?

try to make group friends. sleep over. invite few friends to movies. ect

Honey do I know how you feel, my daughter also 12 is taller than all, but one of her friends and feels so out of place. She has really suffered this year. Not very social, would rather be around animals. Has been just diagnosed with clinical depression. Hates her school. Really having a hard time. I feel your pain

My younger sister developed very early. shaving at 11 and etc. then by 15 doing runway in Miami. At first it was very hard for her and no one ever spent the night and it was far from a normal middle school experience. On several occassions in midddle school she was believed to be part of the school staff! But once she found her traction and let her inner confidence come out, nothing could stop her. She is now early 30's and their not a place in Tampa Bay that we can go without her being stopped by someone she knows. And her personality is that of a bright star.

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