"The chapters in this volume of New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development present data that add to the state of our knowledge about peer phenomena in terms both of relationships and of social categories. The eminent authors present empirical work bearing on an array of questions about adolescent social life with peers. What is the identity function of the reputation-based peer groups commonly referred to as "crowds"? Is it possible for students...

When thirteen-year-old Annabelle's mother gets her to dress up a little, she suddenly finds herself eating and shopping with the Rachael and the other "cool" girls, but also loosing the friends, like John, that she had already made; so, disgusted by what fashion is doing to her, she uses her vlog, Daphne Doesn't, to make fun of it all and get back to her true self--but Rachael has figured out who Daphne is, and it looks like Annabelle's secret identity...