Jean Gross said social media and texting had given girls more ways of excluding each other. She said she was concerned that such behaviour was too often dismissed because of the pervading belief that “girls will be girls and will always be mean to each other”.
She called for young girls to be shown films and encouraged to discuss books that dealt with the issue.
Speaking ahead of her address to the Girls’ Schools Association’s annual conference in Bristol today. Mrs Gross said: “Girls can often make each other’s lives a misery in school through communication; through this business of forming of cliques and of being one minute 'you’re my best friend’ and the next day, suddenly, 'you’re not my best friend, I’ve got another best friend’. It happens to every girl, and it’s really cruel.
Are you worried about cyber bullying? What steps are you taking to prevent it? Do you think Mrs Gross has a point or IS it just girls being girls?
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