Mean Girls

You Know I Love You Anyway

Written on May 8, 2009 – 9:46 pm
Posted in Dr. Ann's Column, Dr. Ann's Place for Parents, Elementary School Years, First Year, Hitting, Kindergarten, Lying, New Baby, Pacifiers, Thumbs, Fingers, Preparing For A New Baby, Preschool, Sharing, Sibling Rivalry, Sleeping, Sorting Out The SuperNanny, Talking Back, Tantrums, Testimonials, The Teen Years, Toddler Years, Toilet Trials, Uncategorized, Whining

In celebration of Mother’s Day, I’d like to share a special poem with you that was given to me by a mom that I had been working with earlier this year. She was a new mommy having trouble adjusting to being a stay-at-home-mom after the birth of her second child. She came seeking guidelines in [...]

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MEAN Girls are EVERYWHERE.

Written on April 27, 2008 – 8:48 am
Posted in Dr. Ann's Place for Parents, The Teen Years

The media this week reminds us all that we need to pay attention and do something about mean girls.  People Magazine, April 28th, “Mean Girls article recaps the video harassing of a Florida girl by other girls.  We all gasp as we read this story, but what we do about it as parents is really [...]

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Why Girls Are So Mean…and Boys Too, Sometimes!

Written on March 30, 2008 – 11:26 am
Posted in Dr. Ann's Place for Parents

Everyone reading this who is a girl knows what I am talking about.  Girls are mean to each other all the time.  Ever ask yourself why? 
I think the answer lies in one misunderstood emotion.  Girls are mean because they do not understand what ENVY is, much less what to do about it.
ENVY is wanting some [...]

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