Girl Bullying
Girls can't be bullies! They're made of "sugar and spice and everything nice," right? Well, not always. Sometimes girls can be mean - especially to each other. And while boy bullies often fight with fists, girls battle each other with words and friendships. Relational Aggression, or girl bullying as it is commonly called, is real and surprisingly common. One day your daughter might be happy and popular; the next, shunned by her girl classmates. And sometimes, girls who have been bullied can even become bullies themselves. Join Dr. Winnie King as we hear the stories of girls who were bullied as children, often by their own friends! We'll meet the mother of a bullied girl to find out how she struggled with what to do to help her child and we'll also hear from three experts in the field as well as a teen mentor to help you understand what's behind this rampant and serious problem affecting all our daughters.
GUESTS (on set and in video segments):
Carol Gilligan, Ph.D. - Clinical & Social Psychologist, researcher;
author, In A Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development and numerous other books; co-author, Meeting at the Crossroads; 30 years on the faculty at Harvard University, now at New York University; one of TIME Magazine's "25 Most Influential People"
Charisse Nixon, Ph.D. - Developmental Psychologist; Assistant Professor of Psychology at Pennsylvania State University, Behrend;
co-author, Girl Wars: 12 Strategies that Will End Female Bullying
Rachel Simmons, Author, Odd Girl Out; Rhodes Scholar; Director, The Girl's Leadership Institute; Trainer in the Empower Program, a non-profit organization that empowers youth to stop the culture of violence
Allie Long (10 ¾ ) - Girl who was bullied
Trudy Ludwig - Allie's mother; author, My Secret Bully
Caroline West - Teen Mentor
RESOURCES:
The Ophelia Project
http://www.opheliaproject.org/
(814) 456-5437The Empower Program
http://www.empowered.org/
(202) 686-1908Books
Odd Girl Out by Rachel SimmonsGirl Wars by Charisse Nixon
Meeting at the Crossroads by Carol Gilligan
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig
