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DD accused of bullying

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Bedsidedrawer · 26/02/2019 23:05

My dd is 10 and sent a friend a message via online chat (through a game they play). It was a horoscope/prediction about betraying friends or some such nonsense. My dd sent it to try and be funny/edgy I think but is being accused of bullying.
My dd is so kind and thoughtful. Gets glowing reports from teachers. This was a one off message, in bad taste perhaps, but I'd say a typical tween thing to do. She is sorry and will apologise but I don't appreciate the word bullying being used at all. I feel she has just made a mistake in online communication but didn't mean to be nasty or anything.
This other girl's parents spoil her rotten, watch over everything she does and are very intense. I honestly don't understand why this has become a drama.

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WhereIsMyTVRemote · 27/02/2019 14:30

Op you remind me of someone. Bit of a tangent here but are you an over achiever type? So something like this comes along and you don't handle it very well as you see if is a negative upon your person/family and you're not used to it.
The person I know worries far more about how she is perceived than what her child is actually doing. It's all about image etc. Deep down are you mainly concerned that this will get made public and look bad on you?

Teach Dd to handle this and to say, if it comes up, I didn't think it was bullying at the time but I do appreciate how my friend felt and I am sorry for making her feel that way. End of story then. Kids love drama to spread about so don't turn it into one.

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