"As the issue of girl bullying has risen to new prominence, it has attracted a more troubling kind of attention. Reality television show producers discovered that mean girls sell, and they churned out scores of programs featuring breathtakingly aggressive females." Rachel Simmons

Stephanie is a "mean girl." She says she's "just kidding" as she rolls her eyes when adults, including her parents, call her on her behavior. It started in third grade when she tried to get girls to join her club. In the club, Stephanie wanted to talk about other girls. This is human nature, right? One by one the girls in the club realized they had better things to do because they didn't like the language Stephanie used and definitely didn't like what she was saying about other girls.

In fourth grade Stephanie began experimenting with Facebook. She wrote abusive language on another girl's Facebook page which wasn't a good idea because her face and name appeared next to the words. Parents began doing screen shots to document the behavior. Even worse, Stephanie began "Friending" people she didn't know. She wanted more "friends" and talked back and forth with kids that she only knew through social networking.

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