How to Prevent a "Mean Girl"

At a certain point almost all girls become a victim of a "mean girl." But how can parents make sure that their daughters don't turn into the bully themselves? Today, Dr. Ann Corwin shares the parenting secrets to keeping your daughter from becoming a mean girl. She offers helpful tips to teach young girls emotional education and how to deal with feelings or envy in a healthy way:

-Girls don't understand how to feel envy, so parents need to DEFINE it for them.

-Teach girls to understand when they are feeling envy.

-Help your daughter internalize these feelings and be honest about them.

-Reflect with them about what makes them special and what makes the person they are envying special.

Fore more info on Mean Girls and Bullying, READ:

-Why Girls are So Mean... and Boys Too Sometimes!

-The Bully in Pigtails: Girls and Bullying

-When Moms are Bullies

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Jessica
1 years ago

I know one really, really mean girl in my child's class. She gets physically violent with her victims, only 8 years old. Of course I wonder if she gets it from her mother...is it envy? Something she unconsciously modeled?

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