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[quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure I’d blame the other parents—I would just assume Lalra was sick or had another commitment.  My guess is that plenty of girls in this team think the two leads are judge bitches, but don’t feel they have the social capital to successfully confront them.  If your daughter stays on the team, she should make efforts to strengthen bonds with the ones who were uncomfortable with this.  The queen bees may have overplayed their hand here, and it could be that the social dynamic of the team will start to splinter into those girls who just want to play the sport and be decent people, and the girls who are using the team as a social power play.

My guess is that the girls’ well-connected parents will be no help here.  I think when younger kids act badly, parents are often helpful because it doesn’t reflect family values as much as poor impulse control or under-developed social skills, and the parents are usually trying to help them in those arenas.  Teens who are deliberately cruel in this sort of planned, sustained way are probably not being exposed to the right family values.  [/quote]

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