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Young girls and bitchy behaviour - why?

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TestingTesting100 · 03/10/2022 20:44

Just a bit of a rant really and wondering if anyone else has experienced this/has any words of wisdom!
obviously I’m massively biased but DD6 is lovely. She really is lovely and very kindhearted. A couple of girls she is “friends” with however are what I can only describe as bitchy. One minute they’re best pals and the next minute without warning they’re doing everything they can to put her down/generally be a bit horrible. I’ve seen them do this to other girls before and wasn’t keen but for context there was a bit of history between them of not getting along, I had hoped this was the reason for their bitchy comments but I think actually it’s just their usual behaviour. DD however has done absolutely nothing to warrant this kind of treatment. She’s terrified of upsetting them and thus sparking either nasty treatment or a ridiculously dramatic reaction from them (these girls are both massive drama queens who will have hysterical crying fits over literally anything that doesn’t go their way. They don’t like their shoes etc, the kind of thing I would expect from a toddler rather than kids who have done a couple of years of school. Genuinely the first time I witnessed this I thought one of the girls had broken their arm etc the way they were wailing so hysterically. It took a few minutes of confusion to ascertain it was because they had to go home)
Anyway why do little girls do this? Suddenly decide to drop friends who have been nothing but lovely to them and then shit on them for no apparent reason? And what do you do when your little girl is on the receiving end and is completely unsure of what on earth she did to deserve this?
oh - and how do you stop yourself from letting their mum know you’re really pissed off with the spoilt, horrible little cows they’re raising?

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TheYearOfSmallThings · 03/10/2022 21:50

This behaviour is absolutely not unique to girls - I have seen everything you describe among DS's male classmates.

But you need to deal with your own past issues separately and stop getting enraged about some unappealing but not unusual social behaviour by 6 year olds. If you can calm down enough to give your daughter good advice, she can learn from this. What makes a good friend? Are these girls good friends? And have they behaved the same way to other girls? Maybe this would be a good time to make friends with someone who is kind and friendly. She is old enough to think through these issues.

And I also think hanging on their words and giving her things away may mark her as a weak target - it is more likely they are picking on her because they know they can than because they are envious of her hair bands etc.

Keroppi · 03/10/2022 21:55

Roleplay or model her standing up for herself/telling the teacher
Books on how to be assertive and navigatinf friendships etc
Engineer situations with low stakes where she can flex her "No" muscles
Labelling emotions and behaviours - she is internalising everything so needs to learn to speak it and then act on it

huuskymam · 03/10/2022 21:56

This is why my now 21 year old always played with the boys at school. Some girls are just too bitchy even at a young age. Her now best friend of 9 years is a fella.

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paintitallover · 03/10/2022 22:08

My experience of having both sexes is that it is worse with girls. I've no idea why.

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