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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^While it's true that different people take things differently (maybe the girls thought that their friend would laugh and think it was funny), when the girls realized that they had upset their friend, they should have apologized.

Of course, the Op stepped in and handled the whole incident, gave the girls a good talking to, reported it to the girls' parents...

Hopefully, the girls will make up and remain friends.

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Why would they remain friends? Who would want the friendship after this all went down? How would it be healthy in any way for any of them?[/quote]

Yes, it would be way healthier for them to see each others' points of view, apologize and make up than it would be for them to avoid/not speak to/shun each other over this stupid prank.  I think that if they can do that, they can still be friends. [/quote]

Of course it would be. But when the girls are seen as bullies and as malicious and are confronted and told they defaced their friend and given a big lecture and told that people cried for hours. Then they get home and find out that emails went out at 3 am about them...those are not good conditions to work through this healthily.  Why would Ops daughter want to stay friends if she and her mom think they are bullies, and assuming they just thought it was a joke gone wrong, why would they other girls want to be friends when that is how their joke ended up?[/quote]

Good points.  As a 13 year old, I think I would have been pretty mad if my friend had automatically assumed jerky intentions on my part and had gone running to her mommy to tell on me.[/quote]

It is obvious that a mom having chest pains over something this trivial has heightened her own daughter's anxiety, thus the crying up to mom at 3am.  This poor girl doesn't stand a chance of normal middle school, high school, and college years with this much unnecessary stress. Unfortunately, girls are going to avoid her. [/quote]

Sadly I agree. But it is the truth.

The child's in middle school. At that age she should be learning to advocate for herself if she doesn't do so already.

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