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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you ever read Judy Blume's Blubber when you were younger? Even if you did, it is worth a re-read. It was written in the 70s, but it absolutely nails the meanness and awful social dynamics of 5th grade girls. Trust me, this stuff is not new. Social media may facilitate it, but the hormonal stew that starts brewing around 5th grade has long been a source of this kind of social brinkmanship and cruelty.[/quote]

I haven't read it, but I will check it out.  When my DD's best friend teamed up with another to be cruel to my daughter, I was really caught off=guard.  She's the one kid who I've always thought was a really, genuinely nice person and her parents don't tolerate rudeness.  I'm hoping this was a one-time thing, but that's probably a fairytale.[/quote]

This is an important point -- even well-meaning parents will have kids who exclude from time to time.  As they all move into the tween and teen years, it also becomes more difficult for parents to police everything.  Personally, we don't tolerate exclusion with our kids, and yet we've sadly seen our insecure son participate in it.  We lecture, teach, and discipline with the hope that somewhere along the line our messaging gets through to him.  Insecure kids unfortunately follow the pack mentality, so we just have to keep working on them.[/quote]

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