Tag: school avoidance

Staying home from school to avoid friends

Published: July 1, 2016 | Last Updated: July 1, 2016 By | Reply Continue Reading

A student staying home from school can’t quite understand her feelings.

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My Daughter Is Friendless, Depressed, And Wants To Move

Published: August 31, 2012 | Last Updated: August 30, 2022 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading
My Daughter Is Friendless, Depressed, And Wants To Move

My daughter is friendless where we live and wants to move to this other town. She says she will never be happy as long as she is here.

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Children of Divorce and their Friendships

Published: January 31, 2012 | Last Updated: January 31, 2012 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

When a parent goes through a divorce, there can be friendship fallout for kids   QUESTION Dear Irene, My formerly popular 11-year old granddaughter is being shunned by her BFFs to the point that she doesn’t want to go to school (which she formerly loved). Her parents are going through a divorce, and it’s hit […]

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