BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan, who is currently fronting live Match of the Day coverage of the World Cup, has opened up about her daughter Lois' past struggles16:21, 05 Jul 2026Updated 16:22, 05 Jul 2026Gabby Logan was left "devastated" after her daughter Lois made a heartbreaking admission upon returning home from school.‌The BBC Sport presenter revealed that Lois suffered bullying around the age of 11, which led to her facing "all kinds of issues and problems" during her school years.‌On her Mid.Point podcast, Gabby, 53, described how this culminated in a poignant moment when Lois, now 20, was trying out a potential new school. Gabby recalled: "My daughter was trying out a school that she thought she wanted to go to for the day and she said to one of the girls she was put with, she was about 11 at the time, 'So who are the girls that I should avoid, who are the tricky girls' and this girl looked at her and went, 'My group'.‌"When she told me that I thought, 'That self awareness at 11 or 12-years-old that you were the group that caused the problems is quite remarkable actually'. But there is that sort of attraction, isn't there?."The reason was, I have to say, she'd experienced some bullying when she was a little bit younger and I think her antennae were really up, her radar for a few years were really up. She had been that child that was attracted to the group that seemed to be the sassy group and with it came all kinds of issues and problems."As a parent I had no idea until she came home and told me what was going on, obviously, which is also devastating, isn't it? Any parent who has had a child in those situations because you think that everything is fine and obviously what you want is your child to share as soon as you possibly can, without jumping in."‌Childhood psychologist Dr Tara Proctor, appearing on Mid.Point, noted that children frequently worry their parents will "make a fuss". She explained: "When they come home from school and tell you, you can get up in arms about it, and sometimes kids want that, they want you to go in and sort it out."But it's a really difficult one and I think the word 'advise' is a tricky one too. I would say that one thing nobody has said to me in therapy, no young person, no adult, is, 'I wish my mum had given me more advice'."‌Dr Proctor warned that while parents may need to take swift action if their child faces a "chronic bullying problem", they can often find themselves stepping in too soon. She added: "You've got to hold back on that feeling until you know it's really a chronic problem and just use that empathy, trying to understand it from their point of view."She urges parents to question their children about their feelings and what took place. From there, she suggests they can "sprinkle knowledge" about friendships, particularly regarding an "on-off friend", which she describes as someone who behaves inconsistently.‌In September, Gabby posted a photograph of herself with Lois as she accompanied her daughter to university. The star described feeling "wonderful emotion" while acknowledging she'd shed "a few tears".Taking to Instagram, she wrote: "So today was the day. And to all of you yet to drop off at University I am not going to pretend it's a breeze."It's a day full of wonderful emotion, a few tears and lots of laughter with the end of one aspect of our roles, but the beginning of a new relationship where we parents have to shift our innate desire to protect and guard and allow our kids to use the wings we have helped to nurture."Article continues belowGabby shares Lois, alongside her twin brother Reuben, with husband Kenny Logan. The pair wed in 2001, welcoming their twins four years afterwards.