In Mikel Lynn Brown’s book Girlfighting: Betrayal and Rejection among Girls, a light is shown on bullying among girls. Girlfighting identifies interpersonal conflict and relational aggression in adolescents. Relational aggression is defined as “a psychological term that signifies the use of realationships to hurt others” (Dellasega, Nixon 9). Relational aggression harms a person mentally and can cause depression, paranoia, or even for someone to become suicidal. With detrimental side effects one would think that relational aggression is rare but nearly “90% of students reported being the target of bullying or relational aggression at one time or another” (The Ophelia Project). This startling statistic is proof of a problem that needs to be solved. Girlfighting is the first step to solving the problems, the second is getting it to young children. Girlfighting informs adults or teenagers about relational aggression now it is up to us to inform not
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Stop gossiping, ostracizing people, stop looking for the bad things in other people, start building yourself up so you don’t feel the need to take what others have. If you have trouble doing this look for ways to complement someone. If you being complementing you then are looking for good things in another person you will find traits that are good and begin building up other people. It starts a chain reaction if you are looking for bad you will undoubtable be disappointed and unhappy, but when looking for the good you will find good and that good will make you happier person, seemingly better person. You don’t have to like everyone, but there is always something to like if you look hard enough. In some ways when you start looking for things you like in something else you start to put yourself down. So when you look for things you like in other people start to think about things you like in
Stop gossiping, ostracizing people, stop looking for the bad things in other people, start building yourself up so you don’t feel the need to take what others have. If you have trouble doing this look for ways to complement someone. If you being complementing you then are looking for good things in another person you will find traits that are good and begin building up other people. It starts a chain reaction if you are looking for bad you will undoubtable be disappointed and unhappy, but when looking for the good you will find good and that good will make you happier person, seemingly better person. You don’t have to like everyone, but there is always something to like if you look hard enough. In some ways when you start looking for things you like in something else you start to put yourself down. So when you look for things you like in other people start to think about things you like in