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Children's confidence

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mumyagain37 · 22/12/2006 07:16

Hi, I have a 7 year dd who is getting the usual hassle at school with other girls who sometimes exclude her from playing and one in particular who gets the other girls to make fun of her and tease her. my dd is losing confidence at school and is quite sensitive to comments. any advice?

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Quootiepie · 22/12/2006 07:18

What do they tease her about? Does she have any outside of school hobbies?

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mumyagain37 · 22/12/2006 07:21

she goes to the school keep fit and dancing classes. there are four of them that tease, there isn't anything specific although one of them is my niece and I think there is jealousy on the part of one of them because of that. the ringleader also has family problems if that's anything to do with it. I have been trying to encourage dd to ignore them and the teacher is aware but I wondered if there's anything I can do to help her confidence. my sister also works at the school and does tackle this quite well with my niece but it's difficult to keep on top of it 24/7. my dd and niece get on really well together away from school

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mumyagain37 · 22/12/2006 07:21

she goes to the school keep fit and dancing classes. there are four of them that tease, there isn't anything specific although one of them is my niece and I think there is jealousy on the part of one of them because of that. the ringleader also has family problems if that's anything to do with it. I have been trying to encourage dd to ignore them and the teacher is aware but I wondered if there's anything I can do to help her confidence. my sister also works at the school and does tackle this quite well with my niece but it's difficult to keep on top of it 24/7. my dd and niece get on really well together away from school

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Quootiepie · 22/12/2006 07:32

How about something away from school? If she has a close group of friends, say, it might increase her confidence. I only really had one close friend at school, and was picked on alot because of various things, but it didnt effect me really because I had a seperate group of friends away from school that I shared more in common with...

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mumyagain37 · 24/12/2006 06:20

thanks for that, I have been thinking about self defence classes to increase her confidence. Cheers everyone and merry christmas!

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