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Bullying

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Coo5 · 25/11/2019 22:01

My 4 year old daughter started primary school this year. It appears as if she may be being bullied. It's a shock to my system because I honestly did not believe it started this young! There is one girl that seems determined to exclude her, telling her buddies not to be friends with my daughter. She has also been physical with her, pushing, shoving and hitting. I did mention this at her parents evening, and her teacher said she would keep an eye, and make the other relevant staff aware, she also referred to this other child being part of a girl gang. However, I was recently pulled over by a TA telling me that my girl had been put on time out for not using 'kind hands'. She had slapped another child around the face. A couple of questions later, and it was very apparent it was said child. I am totally perplexed whether my daughter is as bad as the other girl, or lashed out in frustration at the continued barrage she is experiencing. Is it worth me talking to the school again? My daughter is mentioning this other girl virtually daily now, so it's clearly bothering her. Suggestions please.

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Spied · 25/11/2019 22:14

I'd concentrate on DD building her confidence and self-esteem and also encourage friendships away from this girl and her 'buddies'.
A lot of power play goes on at this age.
I'd work on confidence and resilience and I'd try not to place too much focus on this girl personally and see how things go.

Coo5 · 25/11/2019 22:26

I think you're definitely right about shifting the focus from this other girl. I guess I'm just conflicted because I don't want to down play it, then realise it is actually worse than I realised.
She does have her own set of friends, and this is evidenced on school pick up, so to be honest I wish they would just give each other a wide berth.

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