Fifth-grade is really the year that this kind of behavior takes off. It's a time when a student's focus shifts from family to friends and looks and appearances come into play.

After reading 'Odd Girl Out' and receiving a few complaints from parents and female students, I started thinking of how I could help. I had some old china sitting on a shelf and I though it would be a good way to get girls to talk and open up.

A good manager identifies ways to mitigate routine problems and respond quickly to unexpected ones, freeing up more time for bigger-picture issues.

Domestic dogs follow humans like a laser and watch the behavior of their humans with a focus that is astounding, ... This opens up big and interesting questions about how social intelligence is passed on genetically.

A common focus is to curb the social cost of behavior of young people.

We were definitely nervous coming out tonight. Our focus wasn't quite there, and we needed to make some shots. In the second half, we had a nice run, but we needed to have a couple more shots fall for us.