Name changed as need advice- apologies it's long winded .
dd Y7 has become friends with a girl at school who has been self harming. Dd was afraid to tell me in case I stopped her friendship and instead she told a teacher at school Dd explained everything to me later the same day after school. the school did call me to check my Dd is OK because her friend will not open up to a councillor - only to my Dd. I don't know the girls parents and by chance was seated next to her Mother at a school function a month later. We had a short conversation and the girls mother asked if the reason behind the self harm was X. Which I confirmed it was -I didn't feel I was betraying my Dds trust as It wasn't initiated by me. Since then the girl has been telling classmates my daughter has ruined her life and her relationship with her parents, although she isn't telling them that she is self harming. I'm fact my dd hasn't told anyone except myself about the reason behind the self harm. Now the girl has taken to punching my daughter in frustration.
Today my dd had a tearful breakdown in class after being verbally abused by the girl involved.
Would you go directly to the school or contact the parent. The last thing I want is to make it any worse for my Dd- who I think given her age has handled the situation very maturely.
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Fairlytubbie · 08/06/2015 21:09
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