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Sugar and spice and everything nice; that's what little girls are made of; "goes the old nursery rhyme. But it turns out that "everything nice" takes a back seat for girls when friends let them down. In a Duke University study, researchers found that pre-teen girls may not be any better at friendships than boys are, despite previous research suggesting otherwise. The findings suggest that when more serious violations of a friendship occur, girls struggle just as much as, and in some ways even more than, boys. The girls in this study were just as likely as boys to report that they would seek revenge against an offending friend, verbally attack the friend, and threaten to end the friendship when their expectations were violated, such as telling one of their secrets to other children. The girls also reported they were more bothered by the transgressions“, felt more anger and sadness, and were more likely to think the offense meant their friend did not care about them or was trying to control them.