Girls can be bullies. Girls can be victims. What can you do to prevent your daughter from being either? How can you encourage her to stand up for herself and others?
Q. My daughter is struggling to cope with unkind, repeated low-level mean behaviour of the girls at her new school. It started with petty demands about seats on the bus but has spread more generally to include the girls ...
It takes real courage to face up to the fact that despite everything you have done to bring up your daughter to be kind and caring to others, it has emerged that she is demonstrating unkind or harmful behaviour to others....
Q. My 10 year old daughter frequently returns from school complaining that she hasn’t a friend or is being left out. What can I do to encourage her to make more friends…isn’t this bullying? A. I can assure you that...
Ask a group of teachers what’s the most important ingredient of a school and they will probably say good teaching. Ask parents and they may also say good teaching; good exam results; good facilities; good pastoral care....
Q. My daughter has just started Year 8. The girls in her Girls’ secondary school classroom have all bonded securely and feel strong enough to start teasing the new (male) Science teacher. They plan innocent pranks b...
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Read our experts’ replies to those questions that every parent asks. Our “agony aunts” draw on their experience as parents, teachers and Heads to offer suggestions, explanations and solutions