My Daughter's Friend is a Bad Influence

Respectful Parenting: Janet Lansbury Unruffled

JLML Press

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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A mother believes that her 4-year-old’s best friend is a bad influence. She feels her daughter has adopted this friend’s behaviors and attitudes that are exclusionary and bullying towards other children. She wants to trust her daughter to choose her own friends but admits, “I really have come to dislike this child.” Check out Janet's new audio series SESSIONS, her recorded consultations with parents discussing their most immediate and pressing concerns: SessionsAudio.com Our Sponsors:* Check out BabyQuip and use my code UNRUFFLED for a great deal: http://www.babyquip.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we begin, I just want to remind you to please check out my new
0:07.6	No Bad Kids Master course.
0:09.6	You can find out all about it at nobadkidscourse.com.
0:14.5	Hi, this is Janet Lansbury and welcome to Unruffled.
0:21.8	Today I'm responding to an email from the parent of a four year old and this parent doesn't
0:27.0	approve of her daughter's choice of playmates.
0:30.3	She feels that one friend in particular is a bad influence and that the two of them are
0:35.5	becoming kindergarten bullies.
0:38.0	This mob admits that she really doesn't like her daughter's friend but she doesn't
0:40.7	know what to do about it.
0:42.9	Okay, here's the note I received.
0:47.4	Help, I don't like my daughter's friend.
0:50.6	My daughter Sarah is four and a half.
0:52.5	She's an incredible kid, very strong, wild, super caring and affectionate and has always
0:56.7	been very social and friendly and a great big sister to her 19 month old sister.
1:02.3	Over the last two years she has decided at kindergarten that she only has one friend
1:06.8	there and won't play with any other kids.
1:09.2	I've really been struggling to accept this as she's always been so great at bringing
1:13.5	kids together and playing with lots of kids.
1:16.4	I think it comes from her friend when I see them playing together, she's always telling
1:20.4	other kids to go away and Sarah has really taken this on board.
1:25.3	Her friend also often tells her that she doesn't like other kids and my daughter has been
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