Friends...Middles school sucks

 How do you help your child who doesn't have any friends. They cry about wanting to fit in, but you have no answer for them. Of course they are wonderful and special and amazing, but it is hard for others to see that. She has autism and add and no one can see past it. Parenting is hard, middle school sucks, people are mean and my daughter just wants someone to be her fired who doesn't treat her like an outcast. What am I supposed to do? How do I help her? I can't force people to see her for her amazing self. It is so heart breaking. I sit here typing all this out as my tears flow, trying to understand the world. I want to fix everything for her, but I know she has to do this on her own. Of course the few school friends she does have are not my favorite and at church she has never felt like she has a friend. Sometimes I just want to relocate the family, but how is that going to help anything. Grass is not always greener on the other side. We are trying to build a life here, but when your child is hurting, you hurt too. I love my kids with all my heart and wish I could hug away their pain. Thank you for letting me ramble...

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