To want to weep at the awfulness of Y6 girls?

[MandSPressedApple]

I include my own DD in that :(

Why why why why why?!

[TheTigerIsOut]

I have taken the stance that DS should not have Facebook, Instagram or Whatsup until he was able to deal with bullying in real life.

If Facebook doesn't allow children to have accounts before 13, it is for a good reason.

[MrsItsNoworNotatAll]

I agree with you op. I'd like to say they get better but I'd be lying.

Dc's have their own phones but I'm drawing a line at them having Facebook. Shit that occurs at school gets dragged on to there and escalates.

[Titsywoo]

DD has a phone but doesn't use whatsapp or instagram. None of the girls in her class have boyfriends and they all seem to be getting along really well after several friendship issues over the years. I will count my blessings by the sound of it and prepare myself for the hell that I assume secondary will be!

[namechangedtoday15]

Crikey, no such dramas with my DC in Year 6. I don't think many people in their class have phones yet so no instagram or whatsapp drama.

No real fallings out to speak of or bitchiness - hope this will continue. I suppose its a benefit of having boy / girl twins - DD has had plenty of experience dealing with 10 yr old boys (so not interested) and DS is the same!

[TinklyLittleLaugh]

I think year 6 and year 11 are the toughest for girls in terms of friendship groups constantly ebbing and flowing and all the attendant drama.

Also in some years the year 6 boys seem to have a rush of testosterone and become very difficult to manage. Irritatingly in our school, it is only the male TA who seems to be able to get them back in to line.

[LynetteScavo]

I have a Y6 DD and we have had none of this.

I think nonsense does go on with some of the girls in her year, but DD isn't in their friendship groups.

I suspect it might start next year at high school, though.

[WhatTimeIsItCuckoo]

Yes I'm struggling with all the friendship politics with my son in year 6 at the moment too. Meanwhile my youngest is in Reception and it's all so lovely and straightforward. Shame it doesn't stay that way !

[Snowglobe18]

Ah I remember my own days in Y6! To be fair, it only got worse until GCSE year, but from Y7 I was at a very bitchy all girls school. From Y11 it was lovely.

[TheWitTank]

Sorry OP, my yr6 daughter and her classmates are delights. Honestly. Couldn't meet a nicer bunch of girls (and boys). They don't have phones or Facebook and so on, so no issues with WhatsApp etc. Luckily!

[TheWitTank]

Oh and no interest in boyfriends yet -hurrah! Long may it last (not holding out much hope after this thread!).

[Tina39tina]

Sorry but in my experience it only gets worse. DD in year 10 daily dramas, bitching and boyfriend stealing.

[M48294Y]

So glad mine is in an all girls school.

[SoWhite]

Girls school educated DD had it much worse than mixed school educated DD.

[Tina39tina]

Mines at an all girls school

[HighwayDragon1]

I teach in an all girls school...

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

Year 6 is by far the worse year for falling out. Its a nightmare. I know its easier said than done but its best just to leave them to it, because as quickly as they're falling out, they're making up.
In my experience it got better when she went to the big school. As they don't tend to fall out at that age. My DD just made a new friend when she started. They've argued and disagreed i guess as all friends do from time to time, but they've never fallen out.
FX for your DD.

[dementedma]

How old is year 6? Is that the same as Primary 6? Aged 11?

[Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost]

Yes aged 10-11

[PitBlackwell]

I cannot wait for yr6 to be over. There is a group of girls who make everyone's lives miserable on a rotational basis.

Add in endless SATs practice tests, stress over the results, hormones, over reactions, worry over secondary school. I could scream.

[LumpySpacedPrincess]

DD in year 10 daily dramas, bitching and boyfriend stealing.

And those boyfriends just allow themselves to be stolen, innocent bystanders...

[dementedma]

Having boyfriends at that age is sad, as is the pressure to have them. I have 3 dcs, two adult DDS and one nearly 14 Ds. Thankfully the girls showed no interest in boys until they were abute 15 or 16, and likewise Ds isnt remotely interested in having a girlfriend/boyfriend.

[ThatWentWell]

Yr 6 is not good, so full of SATS pressures, hormones and prepping for secondary. Such a shame, it should be a lovely year.

[longtimelurker101]

Oh come on, year 10 boys are massive lumps who don't really know what's going on half the time, you can't expect them to keep up with far smarter year 10 girls who are leagues ahead in terms of social stuff, or not to think with what they think are the most important part of their bodies.

Sadly from experience of DDs and teaching, Y8/Y9 tends to be the worst, year 11 goes a bit haywire with the pressure of prom/exams/post 16 choices. Year 12 onwards calms down, after the first term when the girls have a stressful time with both the increase in work and the fact that others have left so they are all jostling for position in the Queen Bee hierachy. They tend to get much better after that, until year 13.

UCAS deadlines! I've had 3 year 13 girl meltdowns on me today, arghhhh

Fuck me who'd be a teeanger again eh?