Odd Girl Out, Revised and Updated: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
REVISED AND UPDATEDWITH NEW MATERIAL ON CYBERBULLYING ANDHELPING GIRLS HANDLE THE DANGERS OF LIFE ONLINEWhen 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...
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REVISED AND UPDATEDWITH NEW MATERIAL ON CYBERBULLYING ANDHELPING GIRLS HANDLE THE DANGERS OF LIFE ONLINEWhen 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 conventional 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.READING GROUP GUIDE AND TEACHER’S GUIDE available at www.marinnerreadersguides.com
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780547520193 (0547520190)
ASIN: 547520190
Publish date: August 3rd 2011
Publisher: Mariner Books
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Must read for every teenage girl out there (or those raising girls!)
A must read for any parent of a daughter. Whether your own child is going through the hell that is relational aggression or if she is a perpetrator, Simmons' book shines a light on how our entire society sets girls up to fail each other. By insisting that nice girls only act "nice", we leave them no...
Interesting. Informative. Had plenty of resource materials and a decent bibliography. Some interpretations of the data I disagreed with, but on the whole a useful read.
girls can be just as aggressive as boys. WE just tend to view the aggression differently, and channel it differently.
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