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Am I overreacting ??

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lollipoprainbow · 19/11/2020 13:16

My 8 year old daughter has suspected ASD and really struggles with friendships as she is incredibly shy. She changed schools in March and became friendly with another girl in her class and then lockdown happened and because myself and the other girls mum is a keyworker they became even more friendly as they attended school together during lockdown. I'm not at all happy with the friendship as this girl is controlling and bossy to my daughter and stops her making friends with other girls as she cries and reports my daughter to the teacher if they don't play together. I allow the girls to FaceTime as they enjoy playing roblox together and my daughter enjoys doing this but it always ends in an argument. They spend a lot of time taking selfies adding funny filters which is fine but I was horrified last night when I saw my daughter had sent a pic of her 'front bottom' for want of a better word to this girl ! When I spoke to her about it she got very upset and told me this girl had told her to do it. I can quite believe this as she is very bossy and my daughter can't see it. What makes this worse is the other girl uses her mums phone so she will have seen the pic and she is a teacher at my daughters old school!! I immediately apologies to her but I've worried all day about it. Am I overreacting ?!

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Niffler75 · 19/11/2020 16:29

Oh dear! I would be concerned about allowing any further contact with this friend online. I guess this is a good learning opportunity for both girls.
I think the NSPCC has done really good resources on privacy, bodies and internet safety.
Has internet safety been covered in your daughters curriculum yet?
I think this may also need to be discussed with school and some boundaries put in place at school and at home with this friendship. Due to suspected asd your daughter may be emotionally younger than her actual age. This makes her quite vulnerable.
I would only allow internet use with direct supervision.
I'm sorry this must be a real worry!

lollipoprainbow · 19/11/2020 17:00

@Niffler75 thanks ! Yes I agree I have spoken to the school on many occasions About it but they don't seem to think there is an issue! I'm going to persevere with them though.

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Niffler75 · 19/11/2020 17:37

Wishing you all the best! It's such a worry. I have a 9 yo boy who is emotionally around 5 and that does make him vulnerable.
He is pushing for more freedom on the internet but i am holding my ground! I don't allow him contact with people online aside from on Class Dojo which his school use.
I sincerely hope the school take notice. What actions are the other girls family taking?

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