There are no shortcuts to genuine friendship. Relationships are built over time. — Rachel Simmons Friendship Copy Share Image
Prom drops girls squarely into the beauty spending pipeline. — Rachel Simmons Beauty Copy Share Image
From childhood to adolescence, girls face mixed messages about displaying power and authority. — Rachel Simmons Adolescence 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
The Internet foments outrageous behavior in part because it is a 'gray area' for social interactions. — Rachel Simmons Behavior 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 Cool 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
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
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
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
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 Children 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
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 Cool Copy Share Image
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… — Rachel Simmons Breakdown 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 Everything 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
Whether you chose a passive-aggressive husband, workaholic wife, or life of single motherhood, we are all officially allowed - and uniquely qualified… — Rachel Simmons Experience 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
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
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 Development 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 Big 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 Copy Share Image
Girls must understand not only their moral obligation but their power to be allies to each other at parties and other potentially… — Rachel Simmons Allies 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
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 Best Copy Share Image
