She said that, very slowly over the years, she had become more confident in herself, had learned to socialise with a wider group of young people, engage in conversations, and had learned to control her temper, which had always been unpredictable but had been quite dramatic when she was younger. She recalled the day her father first dropped her off at the club, worried she might be picked on and marginalised. She had been terrified of the reception she might get.
Gradually, however, she mixed in and her parents valued the club enormously as a place she could attend with a sense of security - "staying safe?".
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