by Michele Borba | Jan 21, 2015 | Bullying and Cyberbullying, Character and Moral Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, Empowering Girls, Friendship and Social Competence
Making a Difference in the Lives of All Young Girls: A special guest post by Michelle Anthony, author of Little Girls Can Be Mean Here is a guest post by Michelle Anthony, author of the wonderful (and MUST read book) Little Girls Can Be Mean: Four Steps to Bully-Proof...
by Michele Borba | Jan 6, 2015 | Empowering Girls, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
“Relational aggression refers to harm within relationships that is caused by covert bullying or manipulative behavior. Examples include isolating a youth from his or her group of friends (social exclusion), threatening to stop talking to a friend (the ‘‘silent...
by Michele Borba | Sep 28, 2011 | Empowering Girls
Q&A with Rachel Simmons, author of the must-read and revised ODD GIRL OUT One of the women I admire most in the fight on bullying is Rachel Simmons. Her work on building leadership with young girls is just profound and her books are magnificent. I met Rachel in...
by Michele Borba | Jan 11, 2011 | Empowering Girls, Parenting, Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution
Steps to reduce female cruelty and relational aggression and raise compassionate, respectful girls Forget “sugar and spice and everything nice.” Research too often shows a different picture with all too many of our daughters. “Vicious, mean, calculating and...
by Michele Borba | Dec 8, 2009 | Empowering Girls, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Read the paper lately or heard any of the troubling stories about our girls? It appears many of the sugar and spice set are no longer nice. Here are just a sample appalling recent headlines to refresh your memory: • “Millburn High Senior Girls Create Slut List for...
