My 7 year old daughter is what I would call very sensitive.  She is also VERY intuitive.  She senses things and feelings in other people that she can't even explain.  Adults think she is the sweetest, kindest and most polite child.

Family history:  Her dad and I are happily married.  We have the 7 yr old (above) and a 5 yr old daughter as well.  I work very little outside the home so I am a pretty involved mom.  I am a volunteer at my daughter's school weekly.  We are involved in a church and attend regularly.  My husband works to provide for us and is a quiet but loving man to our children.  I would say that I am primarily involved in the child-rearing on a day to day basis.  While he is away on workdays, my husband attends all the girls' activities through school and outside activities as well.  We have dinner altogether as a family at least 5-6 times a week.

Overall, our daughter does well in school.  However, I wonder if I made a mistake in starting her in school when I did.  She is always the youngest in her class because her birthday (8/31)is the cutoff.  She has difficulty with "fast fact" math where they do a page of math facts and are timed but otherwise does very well.  She is a GREAT reader....well above her grade level.  She is easy to discipline and is a HUGE rule follower.  In fact, she gets very frustrated when other kids don't follow the rules.  

Lately, she has been describing some of her feelings to me.  She has said things like, "Mommy, why am I so different?...I don't understand why everyone behaves differently...I can't share my true feelings with my friends because they won't be my friends any more....I can't stand him because he is trying to be a big kid like me and he is a little kid....Why are kids so mean to me sometimes...I don't like to play the games the other kids play at recess but I don't want to be left alone either." She seems very frustrated that she can't control the behavior of other kids when she knows that they are being hurtful to her or others.  She cries as she tells me about these things.  Sometimes, she is VERY hard to console.  She doesn't feel she has true friends and from what I observe, she doesn't seem to "fit in" like other kids.  She seems to get along much better with adults.

I listen and try to talk to her about her feelings without judgment.  I encourage "journaling" and creative activities.  She always says that she feels better when she tells me her feelings.  In my mind, I feel like I need to encourage that communication but do I need to do something else?  I am EXTREMELY concerned about her.  Could their be a "bigger issue" that I am missing?

Thank you!