“The Playground Gets even Tougher” and Book “Odd Girl Out” “Mean-girl behavior,” New York Times writer Pamela Paul notes, “typically referred to by professionals as relational or social aggression and by terrified parents as bullying, has existed for as long as there have been ponytails to pull and notes to pass (today’s insults are texted instead)” (Paul, 2010). Rachel Simmons, bestselling author of Odd girl out: The hidden culture of aggression in girls adds “in my travels over the last ten years…
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