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What are Cliques?
A clique is an informal social group developed when a few people have common interests. Cliques are common in middle school, high school, and college settings and are normally developed by girls. Cliques can have many dimensions and can vary from each other, but there are common attributes to all cliques. Cliques give their members a sense of belonging and in turn, a sense of worth. There are many instances of cliques being beneficial to their members, promotiing confidence and self-esteem. However, there are also many instances when cliques and the desire to be part of cliques drive students into doing inappropriate activites these students would otherwise not paricipate in. Cliques can continue not only through college, but into the adult workplace as well, becoming a major souurce of stress and anxiety to many people. Cliques can help children form close bonds with others that are their own age and have the same interests. There is evidence to suggest that cliques help children develop a sense of belonging as well provide social skills helpful for later in life.
However, there are negative effects of cliques as well. Clique members may lose focus in school and in family functions because the importance of belonging to the clique has risen dramatically in their lives. Clique members desperately seek the approval necessary to belong in the clique can easily succumb to peer pressure. This can result in children doing dangerous activities that can be hurtful to themselves and others in order to be accepted.
Developing leadership skills in middle and high school is critical for young girls in becoming independent and strong when facing the world. Ciques seem to have the opposite effect since the majority of the girls in the clique are followers. I have observed several playground scenarios where the "followers" will not proceed on to the playground until the leader has walked down the stairs and has finished her lunch. They will wait around or walk very slowly to pass time as to not leave the leader alone. The key to cliques working out for the members is dependence on the members. The leaders need the followers to make them leaders and the followers need the leaders to make them popluar and to direct their actions. This kind of dependence facilitates abuse of power and most certainly does not allow for independent thought.
There have also been suggestions that Outcasts can develop extrememly dangerous reactions to clique ridicule and ostrazation. People have cited that tragedies in schools such as Columbine High School are due to clique behaviors.
However, there are negative effects of cliques as well. Clique members may lose focus in school and in family functions because the importance of belonging to the clique has risen dramatically in their lives. Clique members desperately seek the approval necessary to belong in the clique can easily succumb to peer pressure. This can result in children doing dangerous activities that can be hurtful to themselves and others in order to be accepted.
Developing leadership skills in middle and high school is critical for young girls in becoming independent and strong when facing the world. Ciques seem to have the opposite effect since the majority of the girls in the clique are followers. I have observed several playground scenarios where the "followers" will not proceed on to the playground until the leader has walked down the stairs and has finished her lunch. They will wait around or walk very slowly to pass time as to not leave the leader alone. The key to cliques working out for the members is dependence on the members. The leaders need the followers to make them leaders and the followers need the leaders to make them popluar and to direct their actions. This kind of dependence facilitates abuse of power and most certainly does not allow for independent thought.
There have also been suggestions that Outcasts can develop extrememly dangerous reactions to clique ridicule and ostrazation. People have cited that tragedies in schools such as Columbine High School are due to clique behaviors.
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