Samantha and I spent time today discussing the subject of why people, particularly tween girls, can be "mean" to those they call their friends.
After we both shared our experiences of being bullied and feeling that at times those we call our friends really may not be such, I read with her an article about a study which was conducted and its results.
In sum, the research study showed that kindness may be the antidote to “popularity-through-meanness.”
Being kind to others is contagious. Pay the kindness those show to you forward.
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/fixing_the_mean_girl_syndrome
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