All around me, I see girls forced to become rat racers in the College Application Industrial Complex, the subculture where students must craft themselves into the perfect specimens for college admission and often lose their authenticity, love of learning, and… — 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
