shooterman - Member
My daughter is 8.
I don't think she's being bullied. My wife is the principal of her school which is a small rural school. I think if it was going on it would be difficult for the wife to miss it.
I will definitely speak to the wife about this though.
Sorry to say but you may be kidding yourself on that point. My daughter did a placement in a country/small school during her training and was appalled at what goes on. I think your wife may be as you say Too busy to actually notice.
I myself went to a small/country school and suffered bullying as did the teachers kids(for that reason).
Get your daughter into another school.
We also had this problem when our daughter went to secondary school, she was being bullied. We had 2yrs of supervising her into and out of school inc lunch times until the situation got resolved.
She is attention seeking and probably needs you & wife to spend more time with her. I know how much time my daughter spends working at home doing prep work Her Partner is still at college till April and will then start full time working which may then impact on their son, my grandson.
Now that she is a teacher she has become a parent and social workers nightmare due to the problems she suffered at school. She is using those experiences in what she sees and with her head teachers support in a positive way.
You also need to look at the way you and your wife are dealing with the situation and each other eg good cop/bad cop. Who is the soft touch?
I have friends who have 4 kids. Both were teachers. The youngest child attended dads school,small country school, he was HT at the time. Guess which one of the 4 children became the troublesome under achiever 
What TJ says.
My grandson is up @ 6am with mum & dad. Nightmare at weekends tho and when he stays with us 
