My 13 year old daughter was friends with a girl for years and they were so close. The other girl could be quite needy but my daughter was so happy to be her friend and stood up for her. In year 7 the other girls decided to exclude this girl and my daughter backed her up and then became a target for bullies. She got through it and made other friends with her best friend. Once again a bully struck and it came from her new friend group. This time she was the target. There was physical bullying in the way of being punched, slapped and her food pushed out of her hands so she would come home hungry. So my daughter decided to leave the group after the bully poured a whole bottle of water over her head. Her best friend didn't back her up and stayed. Then the social media bullying started. I thought I had a good relationship with the mother of the best friend so I sent her a text. She was very sympathetic and she had no idea this was going on. We chatted on the phone and I felt happy this would be sorted and at least she would still have her best friend. That mum called me a week later telling me her daughter is so upset because my daughter is ignoring her. She wasn't ignoring her she was avoiding the bully who she was still hanging out with. I was told that my daughter can't tell her who to be friends with and that was it. Now that mum won't even acknowledge my daughter if she see her walking to school and organises outings with the girls joint friends and doesn't invite my daughter. When they are out together they prank call my daughter or post on social media so she knows she was excluded. I just don't know what to do. My daughter has made new friends but this girl and her mum try everything to take them away. My daughter says things like it's ok mum I'm used to it. That makes me feel so sad that she feels she can't trust anyone. ... View more