Help! What would you do?

have you spoke to ur partner? it sounds a little bit alarming for a kid to say something like that because on the one hand if it’s true then that is bad but equally if she’s picked it up from somewhere and it’s not actually the truth and says it to a teacher for instance her parents could get in trouble which is not great either

first port of call i would say speak to ur partner and just be upfront about your concerns

How old is she? I remember having a similar situation with a friends daughter. The little girl was 7 years old and said her mum was mean at home. I found put it was because at home she wasnt allowed to do certain things. Or would have simple chores to do like clean her room or bring her dirty clothes to the kitchen.

There’s not much you can do. I have a family member like this. When they’re out, she’s super sweet and lovely to her child, but at home she’s angry, controlling and dominating, shouts and screams a lot, very emotionally invalidating. I have spoken to her about it directly and call it out when I see it. I’ve even pointed out the control she has over the situation to be able to turn it on and off like that. She’s gotten slightly better with it, but beyond that, what can you do? Unfortunately it doesn’t cross the threshold of child abuse even though if it was adult on adult it’d definitely be considered abusive.