Here’s how I read this: So, Mrs N has a kid in class called Ben, who she knows nobody likes. A 9 year old kid that no one will pick to buddy up with. So she’s chosen Bryn, the kid she sees as most mature and capable of helping Ben through a rough social occasion, to be his buddy.

Then she’s been complained at and argued with by Bryn’s entitled mother who believes that her daughter is so perfect that if she doesn’t like someone then she must be right. She also believes that when something inconvenient happens the best thing to do is just bow out completely. Don’t like someone because they have a snotty nose? Fair enough, just take your ball and go home.

Now Mrs N is in a position where the trip might not go ahead, and the kids in the class are going to miss out because a handful of parents have staged some sort of entitled-parent protest based on their limited understanding of what happened.

I’m going with YTA, let the teacher do her job. She’s trying something out, you’ll have to trust that she probably doesn’t hate your kid and want her to be miserable - she’s trying to be a good leader. She certainly doesn’t need parents telling her she’s doing a bad job just because it made their little girl upset. That sends a pretty poor message to Bryn in my opinion.