I have a difficult situation developing. I have a daughter in middle school. A while back she had a falling out with another girl who lives a few doors down and is the same age. The falling out was several years in the making as this other girl comes from a family of bullies. Her parents are a joke. My daughter finally tired of all of it after several years and stood up for herself. They played victim and acted like we hurt their feelings. Reality was they didn't like that we stood up to them. So since then we avoid each other to avoid a Hatfield and McCoys situation. My daughter and this other girl have been the only middle school aged kids on the street until now. A new girl the same age as my daughter and this other girl has moved in. I see a competition developing over this new girl. The loudmouth, manipulator bully girl will seize the opportunity to capture the new girl as a buddy to hang out with on the street and try to isolate my daughter and keep her out. Just so happens the bully girl also has a big pool in her backyard which she uses as a manipulation tool to gain favor quickly from others and grab them as friends before my daughter has a chance. It creates an uncomfortable situation because the new girl of course has no idea of the background between my daughter and the bully girl. My daughter, of course, is not allowed to swim in the bully girl's pool. So it's the perfect tool to cause division. Just jump in the pool and keep my daughter out. So what should I do? My daughter will speak to the new girl and offer friendship, but the bully girl will pounce and use her evil devices to snag the new girl away and has the added advantage of the pool. Should I just advise my daughter to handle the situation with confidence, offer friendship and if the new girl is swept away by the bully girl, oh well let it go? Or is there a better idea?