Why Are My Friends Excluding Me?

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Sabrina is suffering the fate of many high school girls, feeling left out and awkward when all she wants is to fit in. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Mom and Sabrina, welcome to the program. Hi. Hi. Hi, Sabrina. How old are you?
0:21.8	I'm 14. And what. How old are you? I'm 14.
0:23.3	And what grade does that put you in?
0:26.7	Eighth.
0:28.1	Okay. Thank you. What's happening, Sabrina? What can I help you with?
0:34.2	In my friend group, I've been feeling excluded and I just been feeling like a spectator during lunch and nutrition.
0:44.3	And I've just been standing there and not really knowing how to socialize with them.
0:50.3	You were able to socialize with them before?
0:57.5	Is this new?
0:58.9	Yeah.
1:00.2	Yeah, I've been able to talk to them.
1:02.8	It feels like they've been talking to me less, less.
1:09.2	Okay.
1:16.6	How many people, I assume, their girls are in your social group? Um, she's counting.
1:23.6	Like, hold on. Five or six so there are five or six so there are five or six in this friend group
1:35.2	and how many girls are there in your class level they're all my class level okay but it's only you and five or six girls in the whole school
1:49.2	at your class level it's very small school oh no
1:52.6	no there's about 400 students
1:55.5	I want to know how many students are at
1:59.6	are 14 years old and in your grade.
2:04.0	400.
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