It’s a friend problem as common as it is painful: Your daughter has a close friend who alternates between kindness and cruelty. On the bad days, your girl is bereft; on the good ones, it’s as though nothing was ever wrong. As a parent, you may be outraged by her friend’s behavior; your daughter may …
Relational Aggression: Using Friendship as a Weapon It begins as early as preschool: a girl turns to a peer and says, “If you don’t do what I want, I won’t be your friend anymore.” Perhaps the girl used to hit or shout when she was upset. Now, she has a new weapon for aggression: her …
