As parents, we must be mindful that our actions are matching our words. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Sadness, irritability, fatigue, and distractedness are among the most common side effects of grief while parenting. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Knowing that your parents are okay makes you feel secure in the world. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Before I became a parent, I was a bestselling author and speaker pounding up the escalators of a different airport every week. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
“Parents are satisfied only if their children are gifted or exceptional (or diagnosed with a treatable problem that the right pill cocktail… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life's challenges by watching us. Kids can get a… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, most parents have more in common with their teens than they realize. Let's retire the bootstrap… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
There's no question that aggression can be learned through modeling. When a child sees her parent behave in a particular way, she… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
When we frame women's choices in terms of extreme work or extreme mothering, women think they have to define themselves in terms… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Launching a kid into college is about more than having the money to pay for it. Parents invest so much of their… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
If parents shield their children from real feelings, kids falsely imagine their parents are in constant control of themselves - and may… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Parents of all girls must simultaneously explain overt and covert sexism, name it whenever they see it, and teach their daughters to… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Empathy isn't the same thing as expressing emotions. It's not about sharing your feelings - it can be really uncomfortable if a… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Most parents would not hesitate to assume responsibility for their child's behavior on a playground, at school, or in someone else's home.… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
If you want to stand with me as a single mom - and I know so many of my friends and colleagues… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Somebody once told me I treated my smart phone like Wilson, the volleyball Tom Hanks turns into a friend when he's stranded… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
To teach their children how to show themselves grace in the face of a challenge, I coach parents to model self-compassion in… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Girlhood is often marred by schoolgirl cruelty, a grim rite of passage in which parents sometimes cruelly collude. Mothers and fathers must… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
There are no shortcuts to genuine friendship. Relationships are built over time. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
From childhood to adolescence, girls face mixed messages about displaying power and authority. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
Having a baby on my own is a dream come true, but in my world, there's no sheepish spouse on his way home from… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
The Internet foments outrageous behavior in part because it is a 'gray area' for social interactions. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
When I went to prom in the early 1990s, I seesawed between my wish to get asked by the right guy and ride in… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people stay for a while, and give us a deeper understanding of what is… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
My experience is that aggression is a universal trait in human beings - girls feel it in any sort of environment, same-sex or co-ed. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
In the age of girl power, we're loath to send a message of surrender to our girls. To the contrary: we've doubled down on… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
You might be thinking that some people are just naturally good at speaking up, and others just aren't - game over. Not true. Speaking… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
Most parents would not hesitate to assume responsibility for their child's behavior on a playground, at school, or in someone else's home. What happens… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
I was a single mom by choice at 37, and if my love life hadn't quite panned out, most everything else had. I was… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
A girl's social networking profile is a persona she constructs, a photoshopped billboard on the information superhighway. It also offers a salve for the… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
You don't learn how to say 'hey, I have a problem,' but you also don't learn how to hear it. There's a total breakdown… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
Many girls aspire to a version of selfhood that puts a psychological glass ceiling on their potential to succeed. They suffer from what I… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share
