To say something about school club comments

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My DD 10 goes to an after school club 1 day a week. We lost my dad a month ago and she’s been really wobbly about going as has wanted to come home after school.

Another girl that goes to ASC came up to DD today & said ‘the adults were really annoyed you weren’t there yesterday’ - she’d obviously overheard some comments.

I feel really cross about it - it basically sounds like adults at the club making comments in front of other kids about my DD.

Should I say something?

Did you let them know she wasn’t going to be attending? ASC’s have a duty of care when your child is booked to be there until you pick them up. Just like school they need to be told about whether the pupil will be attending.

Yes. I would.

I run an afterschool and would definitely raise it with the manager, do keep in mind though that a child's retelling of events might not be completely accurate. For example could it be that another child asked where your daughter was and an adult said they didn't know or similar and that was perceived as them being cross she wasn't there?

@luxxlisbon no because it’s based at the school so when she left, they would have known she was either ill or not in school - the teacher would have signed her out

I would ask politely and keep an open mind. Some kids get a kick out of shit stirring.