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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been surprised there’s no mean girl dynamic in DC’s class. I think it may because we have a very [b]diverse student body in a highly educated area,[/b] so this helps.[/quote]

This is a strange, because mean girl behavior has nothing to do with race or education. Mean girls are everywhere. You’re daughter is either unaware of them or is the mean girl.[/quote]

There are bad people everywhere, but in my experience, mean girl behavior is less common in wealthier, homogeneous areas. By homogeneous I’m not talking about racial or ethnic commonality, I’m talking about financial homogeneity.

When everyone can afford to have the same things, there’s less jealousy and less overt meanness and exclusion. I’ve seen it over and over again, very rich people, no matter what their disposition, are outwardly polite. [/quote]

This isnt our experience at a dc public school with affluent and diverse families. It is getting better in high school, but elementary and middle school were mean girl hell. And I agree that the moms are often surprisingly nice and clueless that their daughters are total dicks.[/quote

PP here, then my guess is that some of the parents aren’t as affluent as they’d like to seem. If Mom and Dad are struggling to keep up with the Jones’ they’re going to argue and fight about money. Kids pick up on those types of stresses. People who seem rich can be living huge paycheck to huge paycheck. I’ll bet you can find very mean girl behavior at the ritziest NYC private schools. No, what I’m talking about is the situations where everyone is truly, really financially well off and comfortable. When you’re parents are financially at ease, there’s a different atmosphere at home which leads to a better attitude outside of it.

Speaking as someone who has been referred to as adding “diversity” to an environment, I don’t think it helps with bullying. It only makes people like you less when you are different from how they are. I fail to see why people think it would aid in stopping mean girl behavior.

Being really, really, truly financially secure is the only thing I’ve seen that works.[/quote]

Wow. This is really.... something. [/quote]

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