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11 year old girl friendships upset

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Mumlife2025 · 03/08/2025 22:17

Continuing problems with D’s friends. Group of around 8 always got on okay - main issues with girl next door not seeming to like her D very much. She has now made a WhatsApp group for park catch ups and purposely left my D off. No one has thought to add D in so whether they babe been told not to I don’t know (she has asked a couple but have said they can’t as didn’t make group). She feels lonely and that she has no one to turn to as all the others are included therefore have no issue. She has been out with a couple in smaller groups but it seems to be this one so trying to isolate her even from this by making a different group and she is scared to ask now in case she is rejected. Unfortunately the other mums don’t seem to care at all when I approached then a couple of years back with similar issues so I am not going to go down that road again (I can only assume they don’t check phones and see what is going on as has been bullying on another group by a couple of them and my D left as she didn’t like it). I do encourage other friendships and we do lots as a family. I hope secondary school coming in sept she will move on from some of these girls she’s been with through 7 years of primary (even with going up with them) but at the moment just feel very sad and lonely in it all and we live in a smallish place so there is no escaping seeing or hearing!

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LynetteScavo · 04/08/2025 06:24

Either tell your DD to start another WhatsApp group with everyone but the girl next door (I don’t actually advise this) or realise 11yo is too young to be exposed to the reality that social media is for tweens and young teens and help your child to disengage with it.

Nonnonnon · 04/08/2025 06:35

The group will likely go in all different directions once they start secondary in a few weeks. I would continue to distract with family things. If you can find one to ones or small groups to do things with, encourage a couple of those. Find some fun things to do in a smaller group. Cinema, outdoor pool, cake cafes. But let the big group go. And try not to make a big thing of it.

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pourmeadrinkpls · 04/08/2025 07:13

Ugh, girls are so nasty! I'd encourage her to avoid these people and make new friends

MissAvainthesun · 04/08/2025 07:18

It might be worth sending a heads up to the Head of Year/Form Tutor a gentle email making them aware there’s a small issue with the girl and could it be kept eye on also some parents have been posting in the local postcode group and school group that their child is going to the local secondary and would anyone else like to meet up with their child over the summer so they have a familiar face in September would that be worth a try?

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