Not posted on this board before but seen most post get a reply with good advice so here goes!
DD is in yr4 so all aged 8/9.
Most the girls play together and there's always been a few spats here and there between them as kids do.
However - the last few weeks she's come out of school and there's been some kind of drama every single day!!
Today she's come home from her dads for the weekend and said that on Friday one girl (who is known for being a bit 'savage' and just bluntly speaking her mind) caused an argument.
DD says she was just finishing a task and was about to use the last bead to finish, when 'F' dives in and takes it. F was not doing the task DD was and didn't need the bead. DD said 'oh F I was about to use that can I have it please' and F says - oh DD shut up you're really getting on my nerves at the moment!! Then in wades another girl 'A' and says yeah shut up you keep being horrible to F and DD supposed best friend also told her to shut up and stop being horrible, then mouthed sorry at her after.
(Asked DD if anything else had happened with F she said no)
Whyyyyyyyyy do girls have to have drama constantly? I don't think that DD is an angel but equally I never hear her say that someone stood up for her when she's involved in the drama.
I'm sick of hearing about the daily crap and also wondering why she never says someone stood up for her - seems if anyone gets involved it's never on her side?
Do you think I'm missing something? She's a fairly quiet child and had to really learn to stand up for herself which she struggled with in year R-3 with 'best friend' who was very domineering. Things got better and I thought they'd all finally cracked just getting along but now it seems not so much.
Any one have any advice how to navigate this? Do I just ignore and let her deal with the playground stuff (they all seem to be friends again a day later) or do I say something else?
Aaarrghhh x