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
There is no gesture more devastating than the back turning away. — Rachel Simmons Bullying 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
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
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
Painful breakups can have profound effects on the body and mind. — Rachel Simmons Body 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
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
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
“When we invest ourselves in worrying about other people think, we lose touch with what we stand for. By seeking others' approval… — Rachel Simmons Trying to be perfect 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
“Parents are satisfied only if their children are gifted or exceptional (or diagnosed with a treatable problem that the right pill cocktail… — Rachel Simmons Children 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 Always 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 Day 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 Airport 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 Learning 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
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
We learn best when we're intrinsically motivated - that is, when we try something new for the sheer enjoyment of the experience. — Rachel Simmons Best 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
Many of us endure pain in the service of beauty every single day. We rip off our hair with hot wax, jam… — Rachel Simmons Beauty 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
