Thanks everyone for your insight. I am so lucky I found this forum! We've spent the last week just getting our feet back underneath us. So far so good at the new school. She loves it and they love her, it really is like seeing a whole new kid, hopefully it will last! Thanks to your suggestions I have lots of reading to do and resources to check out.
Someone asked if she took a musical instrument as that might help with the perfectionism. ACK.....this has been such a struggle for us, she loves music but has such a hard time when faced with anything she can not be "perfect" with. She took piano for a year, but I let her give it up for guitar. She is now at the point where the guitar is getting harder and she wants to give up. How do I help her through this? She is SO stubborn! I am a professional musician and I can't say I loved the art of practice, I love performing more, but knew I had to practice a lot if I wanted to perform, so I just did it. I think she has a real creative streak in her, but the mechanics are a trial for her. I don't want to push too hard right now with everything else that is going on, but I don't want her to quit either. Any ideas?
