Social Struggles
Tips For Helping Connect With Your Anxious Teen Girls
Teen Girls and Anxiety The teenage years are a time of rapid and exponential growth. During this time, teens are figuring out independence and self-agency, time management, platonic and romantic relationships, where their place is in the world, and self-discovering who they are and want to become, all while their hormones are charging developing minds.…
Read MoreUnhealthy Attachments: Attachment Disorder Symptoms in Children
Social connection is an essential part of human nature. We form bonds and connections with others through socialization. Along with these social bonds comes emotional attachment, we naturally become emotionally attached to our close friends and loved ones. However, in some circumstances, people have trouble forming healthy attachments to others, which can lead to difficulties…
Read MoreWhy Peer Relationships Are So Important for Adolescent Girls
When we talk about positive relationships for adolescent girls, the focus tends to be on teaching them about healthy dating practices. But the reality is, positive peer relationships can be even more important for teen girls than romantic relationships. During the pre-teen and teen years, girls begin to move from focusing on their family relationships…
Read MoreHow To Create Positive Friendships for Young Girls
As young girls transition from childhood to adolescence, the ability to create and maintain friendships can become more difficult for your daughter as the social dynamic shifts. As children, friendships may have seemed easier to develop, but this is partly due to adults cultivating and managing the friendships. As children grow older, they are more…
Read MoreBuilding Relationships: The Power of Positive Peer Pressure in Young Girls
The teenage years are filled with changes and challenges. We also know that the teenage years are a time that many teens deal with many different types of pressure. Pressure in school, pressure from home as they start to test boundaries, and pressure from friends. Many teens experience negative peer pressure, but there is also…
Read MoreVideo Game Addiction Affects Social Skills in Girls More Than Boys
Many people associate playing video games with being socially isolated and struggling to connect with others offline. Others argue that video games are often played with other people and teach valuable communication skills and cognitive skills, like spatial awareness and problem-solving. A recent study, published in the journal Child Development, investing the effect of playing…
Read MoreNot Just Butterflies: 5 Tips For Helping Middle School Girls Overcome Social Anxiety
Most middle school aged girls, at one time or another, harbor some fear of rejection from their peers. They might be bashful or backward in social situations, or express worry that they in some way do not measure up to the most popular girls in class. They may fear that, in terms of looks, grades,…
Read MoreUnder Researched: Autism in Girls Is Flying Under the Radar
Autism in girls is getting a more attention recently. When autism is discussed, it’s usually in reference to boys with autism–but this may be changing. Autism in girls is diagnosed an average of two years later than in boys; that’s a huge disparity. While autism in boys has been largely studied, for girls there has…
Read MoreOutcasts and Social Isolation in Middle School
For most people, middle school is a pretty tough time. You’re not quite a child anymore, but you’re not a young adult—you’re somewhere in the middle. This also happens to be the age range in which puberty begins for most kids, which just adds to the confusion. Many adolescents at this age end up turning…
Read MoreWhy is it so difficult to communicate with children? Electronic Media Might Be To Blame
There comes a point when every parent needs to say “enough is enough” when it comes to their child’s use of electronic media. Now, it turns out that media use at a young age can actually drastically affect a child’s ability to communicate. If you struggle to communicate with children, it may be because technology…
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