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
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 Children Copy Share Image
Teasing is often healthy and fun, not to mention an important part of interpersonal and individual development. But when it's abused, 'just… — Rachel Simmons Comedy Copy Share Image
Prom culture is now painstakingly documented on sites such as Instagram and Facebook, exacerbating the angst of the uninvited. — Rachel Simmons Angst 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 Cruelty Copy Share Image
I run skills-building programs focused on healthy risk taking, failure resilience, and self-care for undergraduates around the country. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
When girls can be honest with each other, they can make mistakes on their own terms and discover through experience - and… — Rachel Simmons Experience Copy Share Image
Isn't prom just a fun dance that hardworking students deserve? Sure, but it's also an event where girls internalize damaging cultural messages. — Rachel Simmons Dance Copy Share Image
There are times in every friendship when you or your friend are too busy to call or are more focused on other… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
The meteoric rise of the 'wellness' industry online has launched an entire industry of fitness celebrities on social media. Millions of followers… — Rachel Simmons Diet Copy Share Image
What teens share online is dwarfed by what they consume. Pre-Internet, you had to hoof it to the grocery store to find… — Rachel Simmons Celebrity Copy Share Image
“Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some people stay for a while, and give us a deeper understanding of… — Rachel Simmons Learning Copy Share Image
A healthy friendship is one where you share your true feelings without fearing the end of the relationship. It's also one where… — Rachel Simmons Friend Copy Share Image
Happiness doesn't just happen. It must be pursued. And if the pursuit of the 'ultimate currency' of happiness helps us choose occupations… — Rachel Simmons Future Copy Share Image
You might be thinking that some people are just naturally good at speaking up, and others just aren't - game over. Not… — Rachel Simmons Game Copy Share Image
I realized that I wanted a Rhodes Scholarship, not because I wanted to go to graduate school but because I wanted to… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Just like people date and break up, friends break up, too. 'Best friends forever' rarely ever happens; it's just that no one… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
If more students use self-compassion to reframe their failures, they may discover more nourishing sources of motivation and healthier strategies to pursue… — Rachel Simmons Compassion Copy Share Image
When you're motivated by external rewards, it's often because you're trying to accomplish goals you didn't create yourself. — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
We learn best when we're intrinsically motivated - that is, when we try something new for the sheer enjoyment of the experience. — 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
Many girls aspire to a version of selfhood that puts a psychological glass ceiling on their potential to succeed. They suffer from… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
For generations, black children have been brought up to have a critical race consciousness, a framework for dealing with prejudice and discrimination,… — Rachel Simmons Age Copy Share Image
Failing well is a skill. Letting girls do it gives them critical practice coping with a negative experience. It also gives them… — Rachel Simmons Confidence Copy Share Image
When I went to prom in the early 1990s, I seesawed between my wish to get asked by the right guy and… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
Whether you chose a passive-aggressive husband, workaholic wife, or life of single motherhood, we are all officially allowed - and uniquely qualified… — Rachel Simmons Critique Copy Share Image
Classroom teachers can play an active role in instructing children about appropriate conduct online, even where there is no school policy on… — Rachel Simmons Advice 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 Money 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 Burden Copy Share Image
“Girls like Caroline and Lily are constantly performing, as much for the Good Girl they think they should be as for the… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
I was a single mom by choice at 37, and if my love life hadn't quite panned out, most everything else had.… — Rachel Simmons Amazing Copy Share Image
If we want to end a culture rampant with harassment, we must listen to the adult women who are speaking out courageously.… — Rachel Simmons Culture 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 Comparison Copy Share Image
If the Internet has been called a great democratizer, perhaps what social media has done is let anyone enter the beauty pageant.… — Rachel Simmons Beauty Copy Share Image
As girls grow up and download what it means to be a culturally acceptable 'good girl,' they learn to please others at… — Rachel Simmons Girl Copy Share Image
