Group of moms excludes 8-year-old girl from playdates to spite her mom, but their own kids turn end up against them instead: 'Their kids [lost] all respect for their parents'

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Isabella Penn
Mar 21, 2025 4:00 PM EDT

Some people never grow out of high school drama, and apparently, that includes these moms. High school was all about cliques — the jocks, the brainiacs, the rebels, and the princesses (cue The Breakfast Club references). Well, these moms are still stuck in a clique of their own, and they're dragging their own kids into it.

After forming resentment toward another mom (for reasons so petty you'll have to read to the bottom to believe), they decided to freeze out her 8-year-old daughter from playdates and birthday parties. But the kids didn't care about the drama. They still wanted to be friends. So, the mom of the excluded kid came up with a genius plan to expose the mean moms... and it worked a little too well. Not only did it backfire iconically, but now their own kids are turning against them. And in a few years, these moms won't be able to control who their kids hang out with. It looks like there may be some hope for Gen Alpha after all.

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  • "Taking the high road and letting toxic parents orchestrate their own downfall"

    Okay, so a group of 4-5 mothers have actively tried to exclude my 8 year old daughter. Their children are her best friends. The children love. my daughter and when she comes to school they all run towards her to hug her and say hello.
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  • Basically she's the popular girl in class and she dislikes all the attention, but it gives her the power to stop bu ying. And she does. She has refused to play with anyone who bu ies and made an effort to play with the kids being bu ied. So the bu ying in
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  • her class has more or less stopped amongst the girls. However some of the mothers have taken a dislike to her or perhaps me. So they have refused to invite her and one
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  • other girl from their group (whose mother I'm friends with) to events like birthdays. Despite their own kids literally begging for them to invite my daughter. She has also been invited once and the child's mother told the child to disinvite her.
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  • There's always an excuse for them to say no to play dates. Despite this the kids are still friends. I have chosen to take the high road. So I always tell
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  • the girls when they ask that they're always welcome at my place. Sometimes they have asked me to call their parents as they know they don't have plans and I have done so and told them that unfortunately their
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  • parents said no. When they've asked why I tell them to ask their parents. A couple of times these parents have actively chosen for their kid to be the only one left at after school care rather than coming home with us.
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  • My daughters birthday is coming up. I asked her how she wanted to celebrate and with whom. She chose her friends. I texted and asked for a play date. Not mentioning that it was her birthday or that I was
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  • taking them to the most popular indoor playground that's quite expensive. All had excuses apart from my friends daughter. After they declined I answered: oh, what a shame. We were going to go to this
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  • playground. Your daughter really seemed. to want to go and couldn't remember any plans. She must have forgotten. One backtracked. I know for a fact that the others have had huge tantrums
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  • at home. I'm guessing this along with everything else is making their kids lose all respect for their parents. I hear from my daughter that her friends are growing more and more resentful of their mothers. I mean
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  • this is the sort of thing they will never forget or forgive. I have of course told the children what a shame it is and I would have loved for them to come. In 2-3 years their mothers will no longer
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  • hold any power over who they play with or where. I'm guessing I'm going to be seeing their kids a lot more than they will. And I will go out of my way to display good behaviour. Like I continue to encourage in my daughter.
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  • EDIT: I have been told to add this: while I don't know if this is the reason and I truly hope not. These mothers are all single mothers. As am I. I used to date a single father whose daughter goes to a different class for a couple of years. He
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  • cheated on me. I dumped him. I haven't told anyone including my friends who have kids at the same school, because I didn't want any gossip affecting his daughter. However I have seen these women fawning over him and throwing themselves at him before
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  • and after the breakup. They can have him for all I care. However I highly doubt that they're his type or stand any chance. But if they are the best of luck to them. They will need it.
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  • CoderJoe1 I can only guess that the parents are resentful that their kids don't take their bu ying cues from their parents anymore. How dare their kids learn to be decent humans from other people.
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  • CatlessBoyMom Raising good kids is hard. Raising good kids while dealing with nasty parents. is even harder. You're doing. good, keep it up.
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  • fruitykana When I have children, I want to be like you
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  • New-Seesaw9255 The type of petty revenge that only impacts the shameful parents and doesn't have a harmful impact of the kids. I applaud you.
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  • Ken-Popcorn I would love to hear the other mothers' version of this story
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  • Annnnnnnnnd there it is. There are always two sides to every story. You can't help but speculate what the other moms may be thinking. Maybe everything isn't as it seems…

  • Sir_Tenke_Hoss Oh man just WAIT till teenage years. Your house will never be empty. You will be feeding and chatting with those other gals even while yours is out. You will absolutely be THE group mom. Stay on your path. It's the right one
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  • WizardInCrimson The other kid that's getting excluded is making out like a bandit. LOL She gets to hang with your kid and do dope birthday stuff that all the other kids want to do.
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  • ToughAd7338 Those moms are bu ies and thanks to your daughter their kids won't take after them (for now)
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  • mistical-eclipse Great job. You are handling this with class and trying to be as respectful as you can to the children and the mothers. Its likely one of two women who jumped on the jealousy band wagon. sadly.
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