It often seems to rear its head when kids return to school after the holidays.

Before the break everything seems fine - your child was thriving as part of a consistent group of friends.

But then school returns, and everything changed.

In close enough to an instant the group splintered - the collective became exclusive, and things became very weird, very quickly.

And it's really difficult thing for teens and parents to navigate.

Turns out these issues are not completely social in nature. Far from, in fact. According to Dr Cher McGillivray⁠ there's actually quite a bit of neuropsychology at play.