“My daughter just started at a new school and can’t make friends. What can we do to help her fit in?”

Moving to a new school can be extremely difficult for any child or teen. This week’s #TipsOnTeens question comes from a concerned parent whose daughter has changed schools and is really struggling. Here’s the question:

“My daughter just started 9th grade at a new school. She was just in a small private school before and now in a big public high school. She is crying all the time and says that she can’t make friends. She had lots of friends at her old school. We can’t send her to private school anymore because it is too expensive. What can we do to help her fit in?”