A Modern Mother

My daughter is being bullied by her ex-best friend

I'm writing this because I am frustrated.

My daughter is being bullied by her ex-best friend.

It's not the beat-you-up-in-the-hall bullying. It's the slow-burn kind of bullying girls are so good at. The constant trickle of nastiness on the playground and out of adult earshot. You aren't allowed to pass my desk. You can't stand there. You can't play with us. The bully even corralled a group of girls into chanting "you are mean, you are mean" to my daughter when the two were "friends" and my daughter tried to play with someone else. 

I know bullying isn't about the victim, it's about the bully. Their lack of self-confidence and need to show others they are important and in charge. I also know this particular girl has issues at home.

But that does not help my poor daughter, who yesterday came home from school in tears, and reduced me to tears as well.

Any suggestions on how to handle bullies greatly appreciated. Tissues welcome too.

Photo credit: bullyingUK

 

The one who asked about Arianna's blouse

Last night I went to the HuffPost UK launch. In case you don't know, The HuffPost is a popular news site in the US, covering everything from politics to fashion to family life. Their model is to have "influential and knowledgeable minds" contribute posts to a blog style store front. The amazing thing is that people like Sarah Brown, Alastair Campbell and Ricky Gervais, all contribute. For free. 

I've been asked to be a contributor, and honestly I've never been so excited to do something for nothing. 

The main feature of the launch at Millbank Tower was this bizarre panel that included Richard Bacon, Alastair Campbell, Celia Walden, Kelly Osbourne and Arianna Huffington, the brains behind the HuffPost. They talked about current events, mainly phone hacking and super injunctions. It was very Question Time confrontational, and sort of entertaining, but the highlight was the cool Twitter stream that was projected on the big screen behind the panel.

Did you see my piece over at Tecso Magazine?

Read all about my *lack* of beauty routine over at the Tesco Magazine site. I can help myself contributing all these articles. What a link monger, I know.

While you are at it, enter their competition for their beauty awards, where you can enter a prize draw for a chance to win a holiday to Antigua.