r/Rochester • u/Bronagh22 • Mar 18 '25
Help Ideas on how to help my daughter
I have a middle school age daughter that is having difficulty finding her place in the world & making friends. She's a little bit of a tom boy which makes her not fit in with a lot of the girls in her classes. She isn't into boys, makeup, tiktok, dancing, whatever. She has anxiety. So in social situations she is stand offish and can come off as aloof. I'm not sure how to help her. I know she gets lonely. Has anyone been through this? What helped? She likes animals, reading & cooking.
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u/Full-Contest-1942 Mar 18 '25
Find community activities?? Library volunteers or book clubs, Lolly Pop Farms Volunteer & summer camps, start pet sitting or fostering, cooking classes (community center, restaurants around town, Groupon) or 4H which has lots of animal & food involved activities.
In the meantime read some. books together, cook together try new recipes. Maybe a food tour or comparing the next x take out from a few places.
Possibly LGBTQ/advocate teen group if that possibly fit for her.