Real body satisfaction starts when you learn to see yourself for more than your weight. — Rachel Simmons Body Copy Share Image
Instagram rocks. I love it, and so do the youth I work with and study. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Girls may love movies about fairytale princes, but their most captivating romance is with their friends. — Rachel Simmons Friends Copy Share Image
There are no shortcuts to genuine friendship. Relationships are built over time. — Rachel Simmons Friend Copy Share Image
To defer to someone else's definition of a life well-lived is a Faustian bargain. — Rachel Simmons Bargain Copy Share Image
Being jealous of a friend doesn't mean you hate her or wish her ill. — Rachel Simmons Being Copy Share Image
Sadness, irritability, fatigue, and distractedness are among the most common side effects of grief while parenting. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Oversharing online can make you feel connected to someone in the moment, but when the moment is over, the only thing that… — 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 Challenges Copy Share Image
Small changes lead to big ones. But big changes - trying to become a different person overnight - usually lead to defeat. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
“Many of the most accomplished girls are disconnecting from the truest parts of themselves, sacrificing essential self-knowledge to the pressure of who… — Rachel Simmons Girls Copy Share Image
Sometimes true girl power means accepting that we are actually vulnerable and even powerless - then figuring out how to adapt and… — 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 Child Copy Share Image
Our friends are barometers of our own lives: We look to our BFFs to better understand how we're doing ourselves. Our friends… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Despite girls' sparkling resumes - including rates of college enrollment and high school grades that outstrip boys - sexism is a barrier… — Rachel Simmons Ambition Copy Share Image
A girl's social networking profile is a persona she constructs, a photoshopped billboard on the information superhighway. It also offers a salve… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
I come from a family where happiness was seen as an 'extra,' a kind of frill to life - nice to have,… — Rachel Simmons Family Copy Share Image
Reacting to every slight or letdown is neither realistic nor fair; it sends the message that we expect the other person to… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Secrecy is hardly new on Planet Girl: as many an eye-rolling boy will tell you, girls excel at eluding the prying questions… — Rachel Simmons Age Copy Share Image
In the so-called age of girl power, we have failed to cut loose our most regressive standards of female success - like… — Rachel Simmons Age Copy Share Image
Social media forces girls to bear witness to painful realities of relationship that were previously hidden from view. It is a new… — Rachel Simmons Girl Copy Share Image
All around me, I see girls forced to become rat racers in the College Application Industrial Complex, the subculture where students must… — Rachel Simmons Education Copy Share Image
In the age of girl power, we're loath to send a message of surrender to our girls. To the contrary: we've doubled… — Rachel Simmons Age Copy Share Image
Classroom discussion is where you learn how to debate an idea and stick with an opinion, even when others don't agree -… — Rachel Simmons Debate Copy Share Image
If smart phones had been around for women in the 1950s, 'The Feminine Mystique' might never have been written. The depression and… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Having a baby on my own is a dream come true, but in my world, there's no sheepish spouse on his way… — Rachel Simmons Alone 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 Aggression Copy Share Image
Self-compassion encourages mindfulness, or noticing your feelings without judgment; self-kindness, or talking to yourself in a soothing way; and common humanity, or… — Rachel Simmons Common humanity Copy Share Image
Gossip harms relationships and that's why it's bad. While we all do it at times, there's a point where it crosses the… — Rachel Simmons Bullying Copy Share Image
The Internet has transformed the landscape of children's social lives, moving cliques from lunchrooms and lockers to live chats and online bulletin… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having. And when generosity leads to silence or… — Rachel Simmons Abuse Copy Share Image
“When we invest ourselves in worrying about other people think, we lose touch with what we stand for. By seeking others' approval… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Most of us are destined to be unhappy if we can't accept that we will have moments - or a waist size… — Rachel Simmons Moments 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 Choices Copy Share Image
For the self-conscious or insecure girl, technology can become a crippling addiction, an insatiable hunger not just for connection but the elusive… — Rachel Simmons Addiction Copy Share Image
Intrinsic motivation is one of learning's most precious resources. It bolsters us to stick out the tough moments of a challenge and… — Rachel Simmons Education Copy Share Image
In our million-mile-an-hour culture of never enough, working less is interpreted as working less well. This isn't always the case. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
My experience is that aggression is a universal trait in human beings - girls feel it in any sort of environment, same-sex… — Rachel Simmons Aggression 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 Child Copy Share Image
