Monthly Archives: July, 2006
Interventions and Solutions
I was doing a google search on how to handle relational aggression, and found another article Cheryl wrote. A good number of specific suggestions. http://www.clubmom.com/display/253394
Thrilled to be Tough
Just reviewed yet another research report that showed how often boys admit (and are even proud of) being considered a bullying type of person and how rarely girls will confess to the same. With Simon Baer Cohn’s book The Essential Difference” fresh in my mind, it’s shouldn’t be surprising that females hesitate to consider themselves [...]
Danish Dreams
As I mentioned in an earlier post, this past year involved many exciting projects for me. One in particular I’d like to share here was done in conjunction with Anne Marino, a social worker/actress/mom/community mobilizer/incredible gal pal I’ve known for several years. We had a group of middle school girls examine Hamlet with a critical [...]
Snow White and Other Wicked Mothers
It’s was interesting to read Demian’s last post, because the writing of my newest book just led me to revisit how women are portrayed in fairy tales. This is a well studied subject in feminist literature, but as I paged through the beautifully illustrated tales I read my own children, I realized that the female [...]
“Sympathy for the devil”
That’s the title of Maureen Dowd’s editorial of the New York Times. Unfortunately, you have to purchase the right to read it online, so if you don’t buy, you’ll only be able to read the first 50 words. My local paper, York Daily Record, carries her column, so I was fortunate enough to be able [...]
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