I'm so stressed at the moment. My daughter started secondary in September and she's changed in many ways. She has had friendship group issues and recently been caught in a threes a crowd situation so struggling to find her place and a close friend. She's getting in trouble a lot for trivial things like having an attitude towards the teacher or being late to a lesson.
Today the school have phoned to say she's been caught skipping lesson with a group of 5 others. She actually told me at the beginning of the week that this was being planned and she was worried about going to school as she didn't know how to say no to it. I told her to make something up and blame it on me like she can't as her mum will be mad etc.
Honestly since that conversation there's been other friend dramas and I'd forgotten about it until today when the school phoned me. I'm at a loss as to how I can help. I'm so stressed and worried about her being at that school but I don't think it would be different at another school. I can't concentrate on work with all this going on and I'm dreading what's coming next all the time.
Any advice on how I can support her? I've got her pastoral care at the school which she's had one session of so far this week but she needs more support. I don't know what to do.