Category: Girls’ Bullying

Start the School Year Right! No More Mean Girls Tip #2a

12 Tips to Maximize Friendships & Minimize Friendship Drama   Speak To Other Girls & Women With Respect   If we call one another “bitches,” even kidding around, we are setting a low standard for how we treat one another. We are also teaching men to think of and treat women with a lack of …

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Start the School Year Right! No More Mean Girls – Tip #2

12 Tips to Maximize Friendships & Minimize Friendship Drama   Show Respect For Others   Treat everyone with respect, at all times, in person and online, especially during conflicts. It’s easy to treat someone respectfully when they’re on your good side – the challenge is to keep your self-control when they’re pushing all your buttons! …

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Start the School Year Right! No More Mean Girls – Tip #1

September can be a roller coaster for middle and high school girls. You’re looking forward to seeing friends you haven’t seen all summer, even if it means getting up waaay too early and having homework! At the same time, there can be real stress about those friendships, especially in the frenemy-filled preteen and teen years. …

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Bully or Leader – Where’s The Line?

What if your best friend called you a bully? Would you brush it off? Would your feelings be hurt? Would you replay the incident and see if you did, in fact, need a behavior tune up? Would you apologize? The line between leader and bully can be a fine one. In fact, powerful leaders and …

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Suicide Setup: Teens, Alcohol, Sex & Social Media

Rolling Stone Magazine’s recent article on the suicide of 15-yr-old Audrie Pott (“Sexting, Shame, and Suicide,” Sept 17, 2013) is (or should be) sobering. The mix of alcohol, hormones and social media can give you a hangover that lasts a lifetime. Some don’t survive. This year alone, the body count is too high: Audrie Pott, …

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