Despite girls' sparkling resumes - including rates of college enrollment and high school grades that outstrip boys - sexism is a barrier that still leaves girls ambivalent about power. Opening doors has not amounted to ambition to lead for many of them, even those with options, networks, and resources.
Rachel Simmons0
Next quotes
Rachel Simmons:
Girlhood is often marred by schoolgirl cruelty, a grim rite of passage in which parents sometimes cRachel Simmons:
If the Internet has been called a great democratizer, perhaps what social media has done is let anyRachel Simmons:
What teens share online is dwarfed by what they consume. Pre-Internet, you had to hoof it to the grRachel Simmons:
The meteoric rise of the 'wellness' industry online has launched an entire industry of fitness celeRachel Simmons:
It never hurts to tell your teen they matter more than their looks.Rachel Simmons:
There are many ways to be the odd girl out. Your pain can brief or lasting, visible to all or none,Rachel Simmons:
When girls can be honest with each other, they can make mistakes on their own terms and discover thRachel Simmons:
In the age of girl power, we're loath to send a message of surrender to our girls. To the contrary:Rachel Simmons:
Reacting to every slight or letdown is neither realistic nor fair; it sends the message that we expRachel Simmons:
Teaching girls to agitate over every problem implies that relationships, and people, can bend to ou