I have name changed in case this is identifying in any way.
I have become aware that a teenage girl that I know a little (not well) is being bullied in school. She is a really lovely girl, and I was quite upset to hear this.
Mum has a huge amount on her plate already. Single parent (widowed) with a toddler and another disabled child who needs a lot of care. She seems like a really lovely mum, appears to have family support and her children are obviously loved and well cared for, but I feel it must be so incredibly difficult for the mum to see her daughter struggling with the bullies on top of everything else that she is trying to juggle.
I don't know the family well at all, but I would really like to help if I could. Would it be weird/intrusive to ask if there is anything that I can do? Or might she interpret that as implying that I didn't think she is coping? (I don't think that at all, she seems to be coping magnificently, I just think it must be really hard.)
I wondered if I could perhaps offer to take the older girl out somewhere or something. I doubt that mum would feel that she knows me well enough to accept any help with the toddler, though I would happily offer that as well.
Or am ai overstepping and would it be better to just butt out and respect the fact that she seems to be coping pretty well already?