DD-just-turned-11 has struggled finding common ground with other girls. She never liked playing with dolls or playing "house". Currently her friends are into music, dancing and many are beginning to talk about "crushes." None of those interest dd so she plays mostly with boys (still). Luckily she is very athletic so she has played several sports and made friends on good teams. I think that being gifted is not the only difficulty; she is also introverted so she usually has to find the quieter kids on the team to become friends with. This takes more time. I think the biggest difference for dd has been the gifted school she joined last year. Now she really does have a "gang" of friends for the first time in her life. They are a group of kids who are more accepting of differences than the kids at her previous public school.
