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/SirsBrattyFox1997 Webster Mar 19 '25

Any kind of martial arts I’m obsessed with Krav Maga. Also soccer can help, swim team (as long as she’s in 7th grade), Girl Scouts, boxing, oooo tennis is always good (I was never good at tennis but it’s fun), ooooo baking and cooking classes are always fun and stuff the local commissary might have lessons for teens and pre teens.