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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I really encourage you to rethink what you're doing with your daughter.  You seem to think that this was a one-time incident and that the situation will return to the former normal.  I don't think that is what is going to happen.

It is very difficult to eradicate relational aggression systems of behavior once they are in place in a group.  Allowing your daughter to stay on the team and at the same school as the bullies leave her open to future bullying.  And it will probably escalate.

Bullying in girls (relational aggression) is a learned behavior and the girls learn it from their mothers.  You've seen evidence of this because you've said that two of the mothers were part of the incident.  The girls are behaving like a wolf pack and they've isolated the weakest link, your daughter.  Your daughter's is not going to improve unless there is a substantive collaborative effort by the school, the coaching staff and parents.

Please speak with the coach and the principal of your daughter's school.  Also consider that it may be in your daughter's best interest to move to a different school if the coach and the principal are not supportive.[/quote]

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