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Gah, friendship issues in year 4

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LingDiLong · 23/01/2014 16:26

How involved do you get? DD has had a best friend for a couple of years now with no problems but they have started falling out lately. I'm struggling with how to advise her really as obviously I'm not there to see what's really going on. Based on her version of events her best friend and another child are picking on her and leaving her out but I'm not naive enough to take that as gospel. I've told her to ignore them and play with other friends and reminded her that she can have whichever friends over she wants, not just the best friend.

it's parents evening in a couple if weeks so I might try and get the teachers perspective then. She has a club tonight and wants to stay home and mope but I think it's best she goes.

God, it's like I've been thrust back to childhood I feel this so keenly for her! Walking the tightrope between under reaction and over reaction is really hard!

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AwesomeMrsFox · 23/01/2014 21:08

It all sounds par for the course at that age. When my DD had friendship issues in Y4 I bought her a book about friendships and what they mean etc. It gave some ideas how to handle certain situations and what to say. She really liked it. I'm not sure whether it helped or not, but she moved into wider friendship circles shortly after that.

Not nice when they are going through it, but all 'skills for life' I suppose!

LingDiLong · 23/01/2014 21:24

Thanks Awesome, do you remember what that book was?

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