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Somehow managed to get behind like 5 pages...  just read through them all and now all i can think about is this thing called tim tams!

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If you guys tell me they have them with Peanut Butter I'm packing my bags and movie to Australia!   I think I'm going to be placing an Amazon order! Now just have to decide which kind I want.

I keep seeing High Anxiety recommended but I somehow have it

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Greetings fellow Northerner.  Do you need me to hop over the Pennines and have a word at that school?  I am still up because it's too bloody hot to sleep.  Seriously, can you not go outside and waft some cool air this way?  You did right to vent on here, that's what friends are for, to listen and support. Lots of love H xxx   

I feel for you with the heat,  today it was 102 with a heat index of 115.  we get these heat waves over the summer that are ridiculous.  7 days of this heat and I am done.

Am so sorry to hear your daughter is going through that.  It actually makes me very mad as well as it happened to my daughter when she was 11 (3 yrs ago). During that age, you will be told by the teachers to let the kids handle their differences so they could learn from the experience/to discern what is right and wrong. It made sense so I let my daughter's action dictate what I would do next. My daughter would come crying to me when we get home from work saying this girl told her this and that etc. I told her to just avoid those stupid ugly fuc king bitches as you don't need people like those in your life (i literally said those actual words) so she avoided them. after a week, the same bitches threw rice at her hair during lunch. it was not physical "violence" but that really made me saw red. Rice today, slaps and punches tomorrow?!?! Though the school will tell you not to confront the kids or the parents but course it through them, the FUC K with that!  Called up the parents of those 3 girls that same night to calmly tell them what had happened so they can discipline their kid. One only had her grandmother at home. the other only had an older sister guardian as the parents worked abroad. the last, i was able to talk to the mother. It makes you realize the situations of the other girls and understand why they do or act that way (apparently, no good supervision at home and 1 skank of a mother  )

Still, their home life doesn't justify their bullying and I made damn sure my daughter knows she did nothing wrong by just being herself. that the problem is with those girls, not her. I remind her she can choose the friends she should hang out with and you don't need to mind all those other people who just bring grief/heartache. anyone who does that to her does not deserve to be HER friend.

sorry to rant, angers me when i'm reminded of what my own daughter went through.

It is a challenge to manage emotions of kids that age,but constant reminders they are loved, awesome just the way they are helps a lot. i told my daughter the best revenge you can have is to get better grades (i saw those girls, so it was no lie to tell her "you are sooo much more prettier than them"). She is now more focused at school, very active and a consistent honor student. now i am the one telling her to not put too much pressure on herself as I am proud of her just by doing her best, she doesn't need to have perfect scores.

i hope your daughter also realizes she is awesome and that this stage will pass. i know how frustrated and scared you feel as well. But hang in there! This will eventually fade and will hopefully make your daughter stronger. i will pray for the continued safety and enlightenment of your daughter as well.

take care! 

I need a keyboard - there is so much I would like to say.

Thanks to everyone for all your kind thoughts and especially Booked and Astro for your rants on behalf of my daughter. 

It is her last day of term today and I intend spending the summer reinforcing how special she is.

This has taken me ages to write - stupid phone!

That is warm!

I give you permission to whinge!

 

Thanks hon.  LOL but today they say is going to be worse then yesterday.  9 am it was already 90  .  real feel temp today is 110 -115.  Just thankful we have not lost power.