DD1 (aged 4.5) is having a really hard time at school at the moment. She's in the school nursery and will start Reception in September. There are a group of girls with very strong characters and one in particular who is very bright but very mean. DD1 is in tears on a daily basis about things these girls are saying to her (for example, yesterday she said the girls wouldn't let her in the dressing up area because she "had the wrong coloured hair" - dd1 is blonde and they have brown hair).
Is this kind of thing classed as bullying? Should I have a word with the Teacher or does she have to "toughen up"? I really want to do the right thing and we've given her strategies which have helped up to a point, but I'm wondering now whether I should really be getting the teacher involved. One of the things that has stopped me up until now is that the ringleader was a good friend of dd1 and her Mother is a good friend of mine, so I guess I was rather hoping that this would sort itself out without my intervention.
I'd really appreciate any advice/thoughts/experiences. Girls can be so unkind .
(P.S. have to go out in a bit, so will come back to this on my return - TIA)
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flashingnose · 01/07/2005 14:27
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