"I have a situation with my daughter. The child who is doing the excluding is her own cousin. We live right next door to her. Often times if my daughter doesn't want to do something that she wants to do, she'll take other friend, who they're usually playing with also, and say come on and lets go and leave my daughter alone. My daughter tries to stay strong, but it is really wearing on me since my niece has a very strong and manipulative personality and the other girls seem to flock to her, leaving my daughter out. My sister in law and I are very close and I don't want to jeopardize that by saying something to her, but I'm getting at my wits end. I'm not sure what to say to my sister in law even if I do say something. The trouble is, these things never happen in front of her because she always tries to act sweet and innocent around her mother, even though I'm the one who hears about the other side from my daughter. What should I do?"
 
Asked by Kim after reading the article, "What to Do About the Mean Girls":
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/what-...