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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would tread carefully.  It is important to let your daughter take the lead in how to deal with this.  Ultimately she needs to learn how to deal with mean girls on her own, because she will need to deal her whole life.

Personally I would not end the sleepover or call the school.  I might call the parents if I were really close friends with them (though I certainly would want to be called if my daughter did this to someone else, regardless of how well I know the parent).

Your daughter felt ganged up on, and clearly did not think it is funny.  Maybe use this opportunity to relate a situation where you had to deal with bullies and how you dealt with it.  I once had my feelings hurt by a couple of friends who played a prank when we were playing one day.  I went home, and instead of sympathy my mom laughed and told me I needed to toughen up!  It made me feel even worse.  [b]It wasn't the prank itself that hurt my feelings, it was being "ganged up" on.  
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I think that was a big fail on my mom's part.  I don't think she needed to intervene in any way, but she could have at least acknowledged my feelings!

I think the folks who are saying this is no big deal, were the ones playing pranks, not being the victims of them.[/quote]

And to add to PP's spot on post is that I feel OP's daughter is in a far worse situation. She was ganged up in her own home while she was sleeping so she most likely feels especially vulnerable.

OP, the girls that did this do not sound like the type I would want my DD to hang out with.  I am sorry this happened.[/quote]

+1000. Pathetic.

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