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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think relational aggression among popular kids is as high as it ever was if not worse.

I think kids who are not in this group or even more so have any kind of noted difference that makes them not a fair target...not neurotypical, LGBTQ, or really just even a "loner", "weird", whatever the word is, those kids get left alone far more than they did in our day.

My take is some kids are still the same amount of mean and they have fewer "allowed" channels to be mean so they turn on more of a smaller group to unleash the mean.[/quote]

In other words, the popular kids have turned on themselves because they've gotten the message to leave vulnerable kids alone? If you're right, I don't have much sympathy for them, or the OP's daughter.[/quote]

This was described to me by my teenager and it kind of made sense to me.   He was in the popular crowd (and I observed what he was experiencing) and was pretty miserable and slowly moved away and found a "nerdier" crowd and is much happier.  They are nice to each other.  I think there is an element in the popular crowd of always being aware of your place and feeling panicked to protect it too.  So it only takes a couple mean kids to really get all the rest of them to participate in the dynamic even if they know better or it's not their genuine nature.  Eat or be eaten.  They want to be in the group so go along even if they're not having a very good time.[/quote]

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