DD started school in Sept. Her nature is quiet and she loves to be around others and to play with them too, but equally she is happy to be play on her own and come into the group when she does - if that makes sense?
She's a happy little girl, her teachers love her and we are very happy with the school she is at - DS is in year 3 and all is well...
Well, that is prior to her 'best friend' and am just not sure where to go at all from here.
Prior to being in school and with her friend, they would play and all was well...if a little nuts.
Her friend is very very very challenging and its 'rubbing off' (if there is such a thing). All is well when her friend is happy but at any point it can turn to nastiness, scratching and reducing my dd to tears by stripping her to shreds verbally. The school is on it an aware, and is keeping her parents informed too. Her friend is being observed I think by the school, the teacher can't tell me of course. I don't want to make life anymore difficult for this little girl but its my dd I need help with.
The problem I have is to how to curtail my dd's copied behaviour? I have never encountered her as she has been over the past month, I myself right now am scratched to bits due to her 'not wanting to go to bed' and getting into a proper fit for at least 30 mins before she gives in and goes to sleep, weeping about how horrible she has been to me.
We always talk about it and I don't let her go to sleep in a state, I couldn't bear it.
Help! any advice is most welcome...
Thanks