Then my daughter turned into a Preteen and is now most definite about who her friends are and who she doesn't want to be friends with.
I'm fine with this, as at her age I wouldn't want to be told who to be friends with. However, one of the friends she has fallen out with is the daughter of my best pal. Has anyone else been through this and did your friendship with the mum survive even if your children fell out?
I totally get that in a kids world kids fall out then make up again 5 minutes later and up until now I've refused to get involved with any of the fall outs, except to say 'just be civil and treat people how you would want to be treated'.
This weekend my 12yo had a sleepover with 2 friends and point blank refused to invite the other girl - I said how would you feel if you weren't invited to a sleepover when your other friends were going and her response was she wouldn't care, and I believe that she wouldn't care. I now feel rotten for the girl who wasn't invited - I need to toughen up don't I?
Give me boys any day, my 13yo lad sailed through this pre teen stage without drama, never fell out with his friends and they still like to kick a football about occasionally!
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witchywitchof2biggerones · 14/02/2016 12:06
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