Joanna Fortune: My daughter is being excluded by her friend group at school

"Friendship is a developmental curve and it evolves significantly throughout childhood. Children will be in sync, out of sync and back in sync (or perhaps not) with each other and this will repeat."

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My 11-year-old daughter is being excluded by her friend group at school and doesn’t know why. Fortunately, she is a sporty girl and has made many good friends at the local club. She now brings a book to school to read during break time, but it breaks my heart to see her so upset. I spoke to her teacher but she said there was little she could do.

It is so hard to see our children struggle like this and the urge to jump in and rescue them from this kind of situation is immense.