Hello

My teenage daughter (15) is experiencing some troubles at school and really does not like school or want to be there. She feels "dumb" (her words) and that everyone else is much cleverer than her (not the case) so she does not really try that hard with homework and revision for exams as she does not see the point.

In addition to the above, she has not gelled well in terms of friendship groups, so she feels miserable a fair bit of the time and this is hard to watch. We have spoken about making new friends but she says there is no one that she would want to be friends with. She has lots of acquaintances at school but is really looking to be part of a group or have that special friend.

Please can anyone advise how we can help the above situation with paraliminals and in which order to use them?

Thanks in advance.

Amanda