Girls Will be Girls, Unfortunately

" Cliques are to girls as bullies are to boys"

Ellen Goodwill wrote a column in 2002 about "mean girls" in today's society.  A lot of what Goodwill talked about was true and valid.  At times she almost went overboard with her examples ( ie. the Columbine Massacre example) but I can understand the harsh example and tone.  In today's time young girls and grown women can be very mean...to simply put it.  Women want to surround themselves with other women that look like them, act like them, and want to do what they want to do, and for some, especially teenage ladies, those women that don't "fit in" with the group or clique are not welcomed and often times become the target for ridicule and separation.  Some girls can handle being outcasted but others can not and this sometimes is the cause of teen depression and suicide. I believe that without guidance young girl put to much emphases on irrelevant issues and these issues will cause them to take part in things that would be detrimental to another girl and to themselves. And with things like camera phones, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc things can be recorded and later shared with millions of peoples and a lot of times this is the method these girls are using to exploit other teenage girls and make them embarrassed and shunned by other students and people. So the important thing to do her is understand that kids are cruel and its important to stay on top of our young ladies to insure as much as possible that understand the importance of being an individual and following a crowd. And just teaching them that being a "nice girl"  is way better and beneficial then being a mean one.