To ask parents of 7 yr old girls, what their friendships are like.

[annoyedmum10]

DD 7 has a best friend who she falls out with at least 2/3 times a week, usually once a fortnight its a big drama with one saying I never want to be your friend ever again etc.

I have suggested that she should play with other children as well, which she does, they just seem to gravitate towards each other.

I seem to remember falling out a lot with my best friend at school.

Does seem very common.

Appletini, fwiw I don't "just" advise her, I do listen plenty, it does get very tiresome when its the same issue time and time again.

My 7 yr old daughter is the same. Desperately wants a BFF (big thing here)
Her best friend is one of 3 girls so seems to be hardened to fallings out. Mine is not so competent and takes it personally.

I was a bit sad the other day when she said her "BFF' wants a break and so will not play with her for the remaining 8 months of the school year...it did not sound like a 7 year old words.
Last year she was in a mixed grade class and one of the older girls was constantly picking on her...that she could not cope with.

Still mostly I let it wash over me, as it changes on a daily basis.

I taught kids in this age bracket and it's reasonably common. Some girls forge really intense and volatile friendships. They can also be right little cows to each other. I think sometimes they're exploring emotional manipulation too. It's Usually the same "perpetrators" doing it a lot. They know it cuts to the core. I had one girl who was revolting and I had to talk to the whole class about these constant threats of withdrawing friendship and whether it constituted a form of bullying (the consensus was yes - we decided we'd have zero tolerance for it).