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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Totally agree with PPs. By declining to discuss it, you sent the message that you aren't interested in this family. It's also possible, likely even, that the other parent had information on what was going on between the girls that she felt it would be good to talk about. All your info is second hand from one source. Your daughter might not even understand the full context.

I would actually reach out now, to the mom directly. I would explain you made a mistake in not meeting with her in the fall and you hope to correct it now, either meeting 1:1 or with the school counselor if she prefers. If she declines, at least you tried.

And perhaps you learned that in the future, if a parent reaches out to discuss something, you should at least be willing to talk to them about it.[/quote]

While I generally take the approach that the kids need to work it out themselves, I wouldn't decline to talk to another parent.  And I have discussed an issue with another parent on her request.   Both our girls were acting like jerks  - it was age appropriate jerky behavior, but still jerky behavior.

It's likely that both your kids were contributing to whatever drama was going on (it's rare that it's one sided bad behavior, usually it's the result of misunderstandings between kids because they are kids and don't know how to communicate).

Again, I'm not the parent who would reaching out to another parent on a specific issue - even though I've been tempted - mostly because the parents in question wouldn't actually think their kids did anything wrong, so what's the point.

Since you've refused to work with her to help your girls work thru their friendship issues, she doesn't want her daughter to have to deal with your kid.   
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