Great product!Product DescriptionREVISED AND UPDATED
WITH NEW MATERIAL ON CYBERBULLYING AND
HELPING GIRLS HANDLE THE DANGERS OF LIFE ONLINE
When Odd Girl Out was first published?? it became an instant bestseller and ignited a long-overdue conversation about the hidden culture of female bullying. Today the dirty looks?? taunting notes?? and social exclusion that plague girls?? friendships have gained new momentum in cyberspace.
In this?updated edition?? educator and bullying expert Rachel Simmons gives girls?? parents?? and educators proven and innovative strategies for navigating social dynamics in person and online?? as well as?brand new classroom initiatives and step-by-step parental suggestions for dealing with conv"bullying. With?up-to-the-minute research and?real-life stories?? Odd?Girl Out continues to be the definitive resource on the most pressing social issues facing girls today.
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Amazon.com ReviewThere is little sugar but lots of spice in journalist Rachel Simmons's brave and brilliant book that skewers the stereotype of girls as the kinder?? gentler gender. Odd Girl Out begins with the premise that girls are socialized to be sweet with a double bind: they must value friendships; but they must not express the anger that might destroy them. Lacking cultural permission to acknowledge conflict?? girls develop what Simmons calls "dden culture of silent and indirect aggression." The author?? who visited 30 schools and talked to 300 girls?? catalogues chilling and heartbreaking acts of aggression?? including the silent treatment?? note-passing?? glaring?? gossiping?? ganging up?? fashion police?? and being nice in private/mean in public. She decodes the vocabulary of these sneak attacks?? explaining?? for example?? three ways to parse the meaning of "> Simmons is a gifted writer who is skilled at describing destructive patterns and prescribing clear-cut strategies for parents?? teachers?? and girls to resist th