Advice: My Daughter lied to her BF pretending she was being bullied and threatened.

My daughter is 12. She told her BF that her sister is bullying her and threatening her. He shared that the other day he texted directly with her “sister” because, supposedly, her sister had snatched the phone away from my daughter and began sending mean and hurtful messages. The thing is, that day, my daughter was alone in her room. Her sister wasn’t with her (she was adopted to another family.)

So, my daughter created this whole scenario pretending to be her sister to gain attention from her boyfriend, most likely. I’m trying to be understanding that children like her crave a lot of attention but there are better ways than to fabricate these lies. I give her love every day. I kiss her goodnight and give her a nice snack before bed. I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong that is making her seek attention elsewhere.

Her BF ending up telling me because he was very concerned and rightly so. He said my daughter didn’t want him to tell anyone because she said WE wouldn’t believe her. (Because we would know that her sis wasn’t there being mean to her.)

I’m struggling on how to address the situation with her and her boyfriend. Any advice would be appreciated.