<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9a0a2639-8207-4f85-9185-25019853f55b/8E9BE963-A6CB-49F5-9D8A-F0756FF222A5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/1105?cpn=20061101pa1" href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/1105?cpn=20061101pa1" style="font-size: 11px;">www.greatschools.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/1105?cpn=20061101pa1"><H2 class="article-title">Why Are Those Girls So Mean?</H2> <P> </P><P class="abstract">Why are adolescent girls so mean to each other and what can parents do about it? </p> <P class="byline">By Lisa Rosenthal, GreatSchools Senior Editor</p> <P class="content"><SPAN id="nopagebreaks"> Your child can point them out on the elementary school playground or by the <TABLE width="225" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="0" align="left"><TBODY><TR><TD><SPAN class="r2bcopy">More on GreatSchools.net</SPAN><P> <A href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/215/improve">What You Can Do to Stamp Out Bullying</A></P><P> <A href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/1098/improve">The Bully and the Bystander </A></P><P> <A href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/1110/improve">From Our Readers: How to Deal With a Bully</A></P><P> <A href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/551/improve">Get the FAQs about Cyber Bullying </A></P><P> <A href="http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/563/improve">Books for Children and Parents About Bullying</A></P><P> <SPAN class="r2bcopy">Related Links</SPAN></P><P> <A target="blank" href="http://www.opheliaproject.org/main/index.htm">The Ophelia Project</A></P><P> <A target="blank" href="http://rosalindwiseman.com/html/profdev_summary.htm">Owning Up</A></P><P> <A target="blank" href="http://www.stopbullyingnow.com/">Stop Bullying Now</A></P><P> <A target="blank" href="http://www.girlscircle.com/">Girls Circle</A></P><P> </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>lockers at middle or high school — groups of girls tightly hanging together — the all-powerful cliques. Perhaps they're whispering or looking down their noses at other girls. Or they're madly sending nasty text messages or leaving anonymous commentaries on Web sites like MySpace or Facebook. You may be wondering how they can be so mean. Where does this behavior come from? What can your school do about it? And what can parents do?</SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8E9BE963-A6CB-49F5-9D8A-F0756FF222A5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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