Please keep in mind that girls 'bully' differently than boys, but it can have an effect on boys too. Boys can be 'bullied' by girls too or sometimes manipulated, I guess. Often, many disputes or fights are over girls or involve them somehow. Our school had a wonderful female Guidance Counselor that really helped our new principal get a handle on a bunch of middle school girls that were bullying by exclusion, being really 'clique-y', and nasty and using the internet, but it didn't really cross the existing No Bullying rules the school had. Things have changed since we were in school......

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