Hello. My 6 year old stepdaughter (who I have helped to parent since she was 2) has started a new school in May this year. She struggled to make friends and dreaded going back to school in September. Since going back 2 weeks ago, she has befriended someone called ‘Naughty Harry‘ (name changed), who she has really took a shine too. At the end of the first week back to school, her teacher caught my partner (her dad) at the school gates to say how disappointed she was in stepdaughter’s behaviour that week, we had a chat with her that weekend and she was very sorry and wasn’t sure why she was doing this. (It was cheekiness, back answering and flicking her hair) Until now she has always been an easy, good kid. Now this week, her teacher has caught my partner (dad) at the school gates, and let him know that she was caught giving the middle finger to another kid today, and saying ‘shit’. Once again we have talked to her tonight and she is very sorry. She currently has 1 other friend at school other than ‘naughty harry’. I have asked stepdaughter to please just play with this child, and not naughty Harry. As a consequence, we have taken her TV out of her bedroom, and no iPad until further notice. Is this too harsh? All of this is very out of character for her and I can’t help but think there’s an underlying reason. :(