School melt downs...

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Something is really bothering me..

Something I'd not been aware of until very recently.

Many kids in high school find themselves excluded by cliques, find themselves unable to join in with those groups, then suddenly lose the friendship of that one person who spoke to them...The child becomes sad, withdrawn, doesn't want to go to school. 

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