“How do I ask her to leave without seeming like a bully while allowing the other kids to stay and play?”
My daughter is the youngest kid in the neighborhood, and a girl up the street treats her horribly. She calls her a baby, tells her she’s not a person and sends her home when everybody plays at her house.
The other kids are friendly with my daughter, and when they come to play at our house, the mean girl comes too. She’s never mean to my daughter when I’m around, but I don’t think it’s right to let her enjoy our pool and games when she won’t let my daughter play at her house. How do I ask her to leave without seeming like a bully while allowing the other kids to stay and play? The other mother is of no help.I assume the other mother is aware that her daughter refuses to allow your daughter to play at her house with the other kids. Because she hasn’t intervened, the ball is in your court. Teach your daughter a lesson in assertiveness. The next time the bully shows up, yourWe made plans on Sunday to get together with a couple the following Friday. We do this regularly.
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