Fathers of Daughters: Mean Girls = Middle School Girls [VID. 7]

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Fathers of Daughters I will be discussing Mean Girls = Middle School Girls. Being a former State of Colorado Juvenile Probation & Middle/High School Dean of Students, I have a very unique perspective on our Daughters when they start Middle School grades 6-8.

***Middle School Girls

1) - Why Mean Girls Are Common in Middle School: https://www.verywellfamily.com/what-are-mean-girls-3288579

2) - Mean Girls At School: Types, Characters And How To Deal With Them: https://www.momjunction.com/articles/how-to-deal-with-mean-girls-at-school_00398481/

3) - Why Are Teenage Girls So Mean?: https://www.newportacademy.com/resources/empowering-teens/why-are-teenage-girls-so-mean/#:~:text=These%20days%2C%20the%20stereotype%20of,behaving%20the%20way%20she%20does

4) - How to Stop a Mean Girl Bully: https://www.wikihow.com/Stop-a-Mean-Girl-Bully

5) - How to Handle Middle School Bullying, Cliques and Mean Girls: https://empowerment.space/how-to-handle-middle-school-bullying-cliques-and-mean-girls/#:~:text=One%20day%20a%20girl%20may,such%20as%20an%20older%20sister

6) - TWEEN GIRL DRAMA: 7 WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR DAUGHTER: https://www.jcfs.org/response/blog/tween-girl-drama-7-ways-support-your-daughter

***Additional Reseach and Studies

1) - U.S. Teen Girls Experiencing Increased Sadness and Violence: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0213-yrbs.html

2) - Girlhood: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-magazine/19/01/girlhood

3) - How Puberty Kills Girls’ Confidence: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/09/puberty-girls-confidence/563804/

4) - The way U.S. teens spend their time is changing, but differences between boys and girls persist: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/02/20/the-way-u-s-teens-spend-their-time-is-changing-but-differences-between-boys-and-girls-persist/

5) - Spirituality as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3349204/

6) - Spirituality, religiousness, and mental health: A review of the current scientific evidence: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8462234/

***Videos

1) - Confessions of a Former Mean Girl | Ellen Smoak | TEDxBartonSpringsWomen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FazRGaiASgA

2) - HOW TO HANDLE MEAN GIRLS 101 // how to avoid drama in middle school and high school!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl0Ayq-h4rE&t=23s

3) - Middle School Advice ✨ || how to deal with drama, keeping good grades, studying, and confidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woh02tEiCYo

4) - How To Deal with Girl Drama | ilikeweylie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QKl7NLvIXk

5) - how I remain UNBOTHERED as a teen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOZakdE4GB4