My dd is 11 - nearly 12. She is in year 7 of a school where only two of her primary school mates go. One is her cousin - she gets on OK with her although they are very different - the other is the "class know-all" who, although they are friends, has been low level bullying my dd since year 3 (does than make sense? I don't mean really bad bullying, but a lot of manipulation - deciding who's allowed to be her friend, that sort of thing) She is in a different form from both of these tow, and seemed to be getting on really well, new friendships emerging and so on, until she was off sick the week before last. Since then she has been so low and unlike herself, very quiet and no bounce at all. I put it down at first to getting over the bug she had, then to end of term tiredness.
Then today we missed the bus so I had to drive her to school, and on the way she broke down in floods of tears about not having any friends and since she was off nobody wants to be her friend any more and she doesn't want to go to school....... she was so sad. I desperately wanted to turn round and take her home and never let her go there again (!) but I didn't and I managed to get her into school, where by some extraordinary co oincidence, the education welfare officer was hanging around in Reception! I stood back and let her take over - and she said she'd take dd off for a hot chocolate and a chat with the Head of the Junior School. So I gave dd a hug and off she went, very droopy and tearful, but she went.
I'm now not sure whether to ring the school, or wait for dd to get home - or what. Any advice? And dd insists the girl who used to bully her isn't doing it any more, but would you tell the school about it anyway? Or is that Primary school type parenting?
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seeker · 10/12/2007 12:32
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