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Help your daughter stand up to trouble talk

Gossiping. Lying. Spreading rumors. Sharing others' troubles. Giving hurtful, unsolicited advice. These are common "trouble talk" tactics girls employ in person or online to put down or get back at others. But what happens when your daughter is neither target nor the aggressor, but rather, the bystander-the kid caught in the middle, watching all this nastiness take place?

She wants to do the right thing and defend the target, but she's afraid to speak up or choose sides. The wrong move could lead to loss of friendship or worse...being the bully's next target She feels pushed and pulled in a friendship tug-of-war. What's a girl to do?

"Bystanders have more power than they realize to affect ...

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