Aibu to get getting so upset about the group chat

[Sam1000]

My daughter is 10. She recently changed schools. She had a friend there she knew so a nice start. The first month went well but now the friends original ‘best friend’ doesn’t like my daughter and is making it known. I imagine she probably feels a bit threatened by a new friend coming in.
They have a kiddie friendly group chat which her class use so I let her join in the hope of fostering friendships but it seems this girl is using it to be very subtly mean to my daughter. Taking her out of group chats, snipping at her, etc.
it’s really bothering me, and I know it’s part of this age group, but the first month at the new school went so well I had high hopes and I feel really disappointed. My daughter doesn’t seem massively worried.
I wish these chats didn’t bother me so much but I’m finding myself checking it often.
Im torn between deleting the app and that’s the end of it, but worry this will isolate my daughter more, especially if this other girl is on there bad mouthing her. I don’t want her new friendships to be soured in her absence.

And it’s a minefield. 😖 it’s a cute little kiddy app so it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing

I think you need to think why you think it is 'child friendly' when it doesn’t seem to be, at least for your child.

Why on earth would you let your 10 year old join a wattsapp or equivalent group chat???

Its not age appropriate hence the age limits put on these things as kids aren’t mature enough at this age to deal with the consequences of such things

id leave the group personally

It’s marketed as a child app.

Any kind of social media for such a young person is really bad. Encourage DD to make friends out of school through hobbies, sports and other activities.

She’s a child - you need to be the parent and get her off it. She’s not emotionally mature to deal with this particularly as people write things that they’d never say in person.

Yes I think you’re right, but she will be the only one of the girls who isn’t on there