The My Child New Beginnings school bullying arc runs in six steps, and the decisive one is the reveal: the day the child comes home without her belongings. Reprimand her for the lost backpack and the bullying becomes something she keeps to herself; meet it with understanding and she finally tells you what is happening. Everything before that reveal is about building enough trust for her to speak at all.
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My Child New Beginnings school bullying: the six steps
Anxiety around other people. The child becomes anxious around strangers and hides in fear. She says she does not want to go to school because of what other people might say.
Panic attacks before school. The anxiety escalates into panic attacks that you bring down with breathing and counting 3-2-1. There are stretches where she simply will not talk - one chapter is a "Silent Day" where she picks silence over speaking.
Keeping it to herself. The bullying stays hidden, so you have to build enough trust for her to talk. Playing, drawing, reading stories and asking about school are what make the difference. The neighbour's child Ali comes over to play, and at first she still hides because she is not confident enough yet.
The reveal. She comes home without her belongings, and you decide between reprimanding her for the lost backpack and letting her open up. This is the hinge of the whole arc.
The fallout. In the next chapter she disappears after school and you search for her. How the bullying was handled decides whether she finally opens up or the tension breaks your bond.
The teacher's visit. In "A Secret" the teacher comes to the house because the child has been tardy, has missed morning classes, keeps her distance from the other students and does not take part in class. During a class presentation she went to the restroom and never came back. She has been skipping school and lied about it.
Bruises and dirty or stained clothes show up on the child as visible signs of what has happened, and the environmental pressure shows up directly in her mental health.
The reveal: what to say when she comes home without her things
Do not open with an accusation. The choice the chapter puts in front of you is between reprimanding her for the lost backpack and letting her open up. Reprimanding breaks her trust, and she will not talk about the bullying at school afterwards.
Answer the child, not the backpack. What gets her talking is being met with understanding rather than a reprimand. She says "I'm always a burden", and the way you meet that decides whether the trust chain holds.
Give her the words to say it. A non-accusatory response is what finally gets her to tell you what has been happening.
The three options when classmates damage the backpack
Classmates can damage the backpack after she has started going to school, and three response options appear on screen. Answer the child with the comforting option so the mood loss is as small as it can be.
Repair it the same day: go to the dining table, click the scissors-shaped icon on the left of the screen to open the handcrafting interface, and the repair costs one action point. Leave the repair until the next day and she goes to school with the broken backpack, and her mood drops further.
Before she can talk: trust, meters and timing
Keep the three need meters out of red. A child whose meters are red is not in a state where she can open up.
Breathe with her. Panic attacks and before-school anxiety are handled the same way, with breathing and counting 3-2-1, and you stay with her while she comes down.
Pick the right moment. Ask when she is relaxed - during dinner or at the weekend - not right after a panic attack and not in the drained moment just after she comes home from school.
Promise, do not prohibit. When the teacher asks about the skipped classes, the third answer - "You can skip classes, but you will tell me when" - keeps the door open. A flat prohibition closes it.
Let her draw it. When she cannot put it into words, encourage her to draw her feelings.
The daily care that builds this trust is covered here.
Where this arc sits in the story
Chapter numbers shift between mobile builds, so match the story beats rather than the number. On an early-2026 Karin route the reveal falls in Chapter 9 of that build, while a later build numbers the same stretch of story completely differently. The panic attack, the drift toward the forest, the Ashlad chapters and the lynx chapter all sit before it. What happens in the later chapters is spelled out here.
One thing to know before you chase it: on one mobile build this storyline is no longer part of the chapter list and the game focuses on the child's psychological recovery instead, so if you are not seeing the bullying chapters, check what your build actually contains.
FAQ
What are the three need meters?
Entertainment, cleanliness and hunger. They sit in the top-right of the screen and turn red when a need becomes critical, and the child's mood is tracked on a separate axis.
What does the school week look like?
Monday to Friday the child is at school and you are at work, and the weekend is open for family time. The school step can still stall on its own, so there is a separate guide for that.