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[quote=Anonymous]It will get better and so I am here mostly to offer support. I also will tell you that sometimes words are not sufficient and I personally would not have an issue if my daughter or son stuck up for themselves and things got physical. This is not uncommon behavior in middle school, either.

FWIW My DD, 12, is one of the taller and stronger ones in her class. To some of the mean girls, she would stomp around in her combat boots, roll her eyes in disgust or employ a dramatic sigh, telling them, "I see you are enjoying being your toxic selves again today" and would walk away. She has learned to use a sharp tongue judiciously, which she most often employed with a few particularly challenging girls last year. This year there has been little to no girl drama in her cohort as the girls don't come for her and she told me she realizes they did not change  over the summer and so are likely to be annoying again this year.

As for interactions with boys, she told me she lowered her shoulder and  bumped into and nearly knocked over a boy who would not stop calling her friend fat and then proceeded to make fat jokes about him. As the boy stumbled she simply said, "That's for the fat jokes " and stared him down.

While I don't love this behavior, the other kids generally respect my DD and know she won't tolerate nonsense directed at her or her friends. [/quote]

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