Rosalind Wiseman
Rosalind Wiseman
Rosalind Wiseman is an American parenting educator and author of several publications. Her New York Times best-selling book Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence, released in 2002, was the basis of the 2004 film Mean Girls. Wiseman is also the creator of the Owning Up Curriculum, a program that teaches students and educators to take responsibility as bystanders, perpetrators, and victims of unethical behavior...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
See, at a certain point it becomes cool to be boy crazy. That happens in sixth grade, and it gives you so much social status, particularly in an all-girls school, if you can go up and talk to boys.
I think that giving mindless praise is ridiculous. But I understand why parents do it. They want their kids to feel good about themselves. But parents are never going to teach their children true, positive self esteem by praising everything they do.
As a teacher myself I've been in situations where parents come at you, and sometimes parents come across like the teacher doesn't want the best for their kid and it can be really, really hurtful.
Mothers and fathers do really crazy things with the best of intentions.
Sleeping with your phone in your bedroom is never a good idea, but it's even worse when you're bullied online because it's too tempting to stay up all night trying to 'fix' the situation - which isn't possible anyway.
Kids don't like being put into boxes, and your kid can act in different ways in different situations.
Good home-school educational plans have the kids in groups with other children often and consistently. Because common sense dictates that isolating people is never good and home-schooled children really benefit from being in those type of programs.
You can't make someone be your best friend.
Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it.
So many women keep their anger inside and let it build until they explode and then people blow them off again.
Nobody ever talks about the mean things that girls do to each other.
Communicating a passionate response to world events is no longer limited to protests and rallies.
Being a parent does not give you an excuse for bad manners.
As an expert, I can deal with complex problems. As a mother it is much, much harder.