Growing Pains....

[Janet]

I hate for our kids to have to go through this emotional pain. I see it all the time on the bus. I would keep telling her how great she is, keep feeding her self-esteem find something she excells in,...sports, gymnastics, music...etc. and have her branch out into some new friendships. Truth is, not all friendships last a life time and I'm sorry she has (as it sounds) mostly invested in only this friend. My son (I know they are different from daughters), wears his heart on his sleeve too. He's always had his best friend, but I would only let him come and spend the night, if he would ask another friend in-between. Now he has many friendships. Now at 15 years old, there's not so much spending nights at each others homes, but they do get together for other things.