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Instagram: Social Tool or Social Problem?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.30.2013 | Parents
Read More: Digital Lives, Cyber-Bulling, Patrenting, Exclusion, Cliques, Instagram, Cyberspace, Friendships, Inclusion, Internet, Teens, Technology, Parents-Families-Tech, Parenting-Teens, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

Capturing moments and sharing memories has usually been a source of joy. Photos are, after all, intended to capture history, lovely moments and times spent together. They are also intended to bring a bit of happiness to the viewer, correct?

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The Microcosm of Homeschooling

Kara King | Posted 03.19.2013 | Teen
Read More: Homeschooling, High School, High School Popularity, Cliques, High School Bullying, Teen News
Kara King

I was not popular in high school. My knowledge of Hobbit habits and British literature did not bode well for me as a freshman.

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Christian Group Protests Anti-Bullying Day At Schools, Claims It Promotes Homosexual Agenda

Posted 10.15.2012 | Home
Read More: Maureen Costello, Preventing School Bullying, Prevent School Bullying, Teaching Tolerance, Southern Poverty Law Center, Cliques, Anti-Bullying, Bryan Fischer, Homosexuality in Schools, Anti-Bullying Campaign, Hate Groups, High School Bullying, American Family Association, Mix It Up at Lunch Day, Bryan Fischer American Family Association, Homosexuality and Religion, Teaching Tolerance Program, School Bullying, Home News

A conservative evangelical group is encouraging parents to boycott “Mix It Up at Lunch Day” on Oct. 30 by keeping their children home from school....

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Best Friends and Bullying: Are they Cousins?

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 11.25.2012 | Parents
Read More: Popularity, Friendships, Friends, Parenting, Cliques, Bullying, Enemies, Teens, Frenemies, Best Friends, Girlfriends, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

I am convinced that a great deal of girl-on-girl and women-on-women bullying would be significantly less likely to occur if we taught our daughters two things: that they don't need to have a best friend and that they should express their feelings directly and kindly.

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Fearing the First Day of School?

Marsha Pinto | Posted 10.24.2012 | Teen
Read More: Back to School Jitters, First Day of School, Teen College BTS, Back to School, Back to School Style, Cliques, Teen News
Marsha Pinto

Whether you are starting middle school, high school, college or just another school year, the first day of school can bring about mixed emotions.

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'This Is The End, My Friend'

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 07.09.2012 | Women
Read More: Friendship, Relationships, Female Friendships, Ending a Friendship, High School Friend, College Friend, Facebook Friendship, Friendship Advice, Alex Williams, Cliques, Facebook, Women News
Shira Hirschman Weiss

Back in elementary school, I idealized the notion of having "tons of friends." Now I know through experience that it's not about quantity (either in real life or on Facebook), but quality.

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4 Types of Friends to Avoid

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 03.30.2012 | Women
Read More: Marriage, Women, Friendships, Divorce, Relationships, Health, Psychology, Cliques, Separation, Women News
Barbara Greenberg

My suggestion is to do a friendship check and ask yourself why you hang on to the energy vampires. There is just not enough time in life to spend with those who deflate you.

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When Your Child is the Bully

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 10.05.2011 | Parents
Read More: Mean Girls, Teasing, Cyberbullying, Bullying, Cliques, School, Anxiety, Problem-Soving, Parents News
Barbara Greenberg

Bullying is a particularly vexing characteristic to correct because we often don't see it -- or, we don't want to see it. No one wants to believe their own child can be mean.

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Hey Washington Post: Mean Girls Have Nothing to Do With Age

Meredith Fineman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mean Girls, Perez Hilton, Theffjd, Gawker, Wapo, Fifty First (J)Dates, Washington Post, Cattiness, Ffjd, Cliques, Female Relationships, Mean, Healthy Living News
Meredith Fineman

Women putting down other women doesn't stop after high school. We're smarter, more developed, and more capable of bringing each other down verbally and psychologically.

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Friendship by the Book: Finding "Unexpected Angels" in the Workplace

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: High-Achieving Women, Living News, Tribes, Relationships, Communities of Support, Bullying, Books, Cliques, Workplace Culture, Interview, Wander Women, Irene S. Levine, Unexpected Angels, Friendship, Friendship by the Book, Workplace, Work, Sabotage, Job, Marcia Reynolds, Cattiness, Drug Abuse, Backstabbing, Breaking Living News, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Women should create "communities of support" at work that consist of at least two other like-minded women who will help each other stay on target to their dreams and resolve problems along the way.

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Finding a Bunco group, one player at a time

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Making Friends, Women, Games, The Friendship Doctor, Seinfeld, Living News, Friends, Relationships, Lonely, Bunco Group, Jason Alexander, Groups, Cliques, Circles of Friends, Irene S. Levine, Breaking News, Reader Q & A, Friendship, Friendship Expert, Relationship Advice, George Costanza, Meetup, Bunco, Female, Breaking Living News, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, First of all, thank you for your blog and columns; I've gained much insight from you. I am a 42-year-old mother of two boys and...

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A Bad Week For Body Image

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Girls, Skinny, Australia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Weight, Cliques, Queen Bee, Teenagers, Healthy Living News
Leslie Goldman

Club 21 is an elite clique to which high school girls at St Patrick's College can belong. The thinner the girl, the prettier and more popular she is assumed to be and the higher her rank, from 1 to 21.

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