What would you do?
I recently found out there was a party where a bunch of school mums had a great gossip session about my child. It was said that they purposely didn’t invite us and they were throwing around some wild accusations. My friend and some other mums tried to defend my child and tried to shut it down as it was getting out of hand. Some pretty mean things were said and it was quite upsetting to hear from my friend. It didn’t surprise me as the parents involved have always been very cliquey. The parents involved in the gossip have told their children not to play with my child anymore. 5 out of 6 of them not from experience but based off one parents opinion. My child is no where near an angel but they’re only 5 and they’re still learning. I also work in education and realise that at this age being “mean” can really be misrepresented and misunderstood. The other half of the parents defended my child and have completely opposite opinions.
What should I do? I clearly don’t think it’s appropriate to gossip about other people’s children and don’t think it’s been handled properly at all. Not a single parent or teacher has ever addressed concerns about my child’s behaviour to me so it was a huge surprise to hear about the things being said. I just feel like it’s awkward now and we’ve been left on the outskirts.