When school started she made me promise not to make a fuss, but honestly I can say tonight she is more than happy that things have changed. The school let us tell her what was happening, we thought that would be better for her. We haven't explained to her why she has changed classes, as much as these kids have been mean to her, I don't want to label them as something that will hopefully change. Her excitement this afternoon at changing classes, was incredible.
When it came to bullying with dd, she doesnt talk about it. Instead what happens is she gets physically ill (in every way possible), talks negatively about herself and us (her family), she uses words that are never used at home, and she lashes out physically then cries. Last year when this started we didn't understand what was happening to her. It took months to work out what was going on. We had her at the drs, making her have blood tests, allergy tests, we even talked about behavioural issues. In the end, dd mentioned something very small, but it made everything make sense. She didn't see what the kids were doing as wrong, she didn't get that it was not the right behaviour. We went to the teacher and had a meeting and made an action plan. As soon as it was implemented the symptoms that I just mentioned slowly stopped. This year, this started on the first day back at school, we gave it a couple of days before we realised that it wasn't coincidence.
Im now hoping that by this time next week, my normal dd is back to normal.
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