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It’s natural to like the things your friends like.

If everybody in your group wears daisy clogs,

you may decide to start wearing daisy clogs,

too. If your friends have pierced ears, you may

want to pierce yours, too. That’s OK, so long

as you really want to wear daisy clogs and

have your ears pierced.

But what if you don’t?

What if all your friends wear black

and you show up in plaid? If you

stop listening to country and

start liking indie? If you start

spending time with a girl outside

your group?

Some groups are relaxed. Being

friends doesn’t involve a lot of dos

and don’ts. Friends don’t spend time

examining what other friends wear or

do or say. They don’t question one

another’s loyalty. They also aren’t hung

up on disliking kids in other groups or

excluding people. Girls have friends in

and outside the group, and that’s fine.

Kids do pretty much what they like

to do.

But other groups are strict. People are

really critical. Friends tell friends how

to dress and what to think, who’s OK

to talk to and who isn’t. There’s always

a right way and a wrong way, and the

group decides which is which. People

ridicule kids outside the group, and

nobody feels safe inside. A girl feels

she’s one mistake away from getting

kicked out.

Sometimes a girl falls in with a group without knowing what she’s signed on for.