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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say to try really hard to find someone else who can pick up carpool. Keep your daughter separate. I really would focus on triage for your own child, and continue to support the family in ways that don't involve your daughters interacting. But wow, I don't think I'd bring it up to the mom right now. If your daughter continues to experience bullying, contacting the school counselor might be helpful. Do you have the kind of relationship where you could talk to the girl? That might also backfire.[/quote]

Find someone to cover carpool - you don’t need to do it

Don’t go finger-wagging to the mom about mean texts while she’s burying her husband

Let your daughter know she doesn’t have to be around this girl and that you’re glad she told you about the bullying

And yeah you can let the school counselor know, that is reasonable, and they’ll listen to you and should care, but they will also think “wow this kid’s dad is dying and this neighbor is calling me about a text.”

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I think the school would handle it in a way that is more delicate given the bully’s personal situation, but they won’t roll their eyes at a parent being upset about and reporting her daughter being bullied and called fat and a slut. If OP and the other mom weren’t neighbors and the girls just knew each other from school I would leave the other mom out of it and let the school handle it, but the neighbor piece and the carpooling makes that difficult. Regardless of personal circumstances, a person that is being that cruel to my child is not welcome at my home, period.[/quote]

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