DD aged 8 is particular friends with one other girl at school. Together they are excluding another girl who wants to play with them/know what they are talking about, etc.
I have told her it is unkind to have secrets from someone else when they are there and they should have these discussions when they are alone but she says they never get time alone at school. She also doesn't particularly like the girl they are excluding who is quite bossy and likes to take over games.
Unfortunately it is a very small school with only 6 children in my daughter's year although they are in mixed year classes.
I don't know whether to accept that they want to be best friends and simply don't like this other girl and there's nothing that I can do about it or to work with their teacher and other girls' parents (I am friends with both of them)to try to sort it out.
I do find my daughter's "best friend" a manipulative little madam sometimes which doesn't help!
Any advice? Anyone managed to resolve a similar situation?