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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From my experience, the mom is not going to be receptive to hearing that her DD is a mean girl.  Have your DD focus on other friends and spend less time with next door neighbor.  Do not make your child deal with nasty behavior just because you are friends with the mom.  [b]If the mom asks, just say that it seems like the girls aren't getting along well right now and could use some space from each other. [/b] [/quote]

This same scenario happened to my DD in ES. I told the other mom my DD needed a break. At first, she was like "of course! totally get it." This mom, at times acknowledged how mean her kid could be; other times it was amnesia.

It's now 4 years later and the mom has had a vendetta against me because DD "dropped" her daughter in ES -- her daughter only had other friendships via my DD. DD was clear that everyone should still hang out and be friends with the other girl, but the friends weren't interested in her. In part because she could be nasty. But honestly she was kind of a boring kid. Also, covid was part of it. Their family chose to stay remote 20-21 school year and were generally very fearful and didn't meet up with folks. Judging from mom's anger apparently covid was our fault too idk. DD did go to school that year and flourished.

The girls are now in 7th grade and are great friends. They got over the stuff from when they were 8 years old. The mom's mean behavior towards me (following many overtures) and sour grapes have totally ruined our friendship, though.

My only regret is not putting a stop to it sooner. My DD would be in tears over mean things the girl said and it was just so awkward because our families were intertwined. I lost the mom as a friend anyway, who cares. I should have protected my kid.[/quote]

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