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My experience is that aggression is a universal trait in human beings - girls feel it in any sort of environment, same-sex or co-ed.

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I come from a family where happiness was seen as an 'extra,' a kind of frill to life - nice to have, but certainly not necessary and by no means paramount. Work was king. Suffering meant you were working hard. It made you worthy.

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All around me, I see girls forced to become rat racers in the College Application Industrial Complex, the subculture where students must craft themselves into the perfect specimens for college admission and often lose their authenticity, love of learning, and sense of self in the process.

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Happiness doesn't just happen. It must be pursued. And if the pursuit of the 'ultimate currency' of happiness helps us choose occupations that confer present and future benefit, and these choices, in turn, motivate us to succeed, this strikes me as perhaps the most powerful non-cognitive skill of all.

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When you're motivated by external rewards, it's often because you're trying to accomplish goals you didn't create yourself.

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As girls grow up and download what it means to be a culturally acceptable 'good girl,' they learn to please others at the expense of themselves. They worry about protecting relationships - and what people think of them - at all costs.

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Instagram rocks. I love it, and so do the youth I work with and study.

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It's not easy to let our kids be less than perfect.

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Classroom discussion is where you learn how to debate an idea and stick with an opinion, even when others don't agree - and not take it personally, either.

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Raising your hand when you're not sure you have the right answer helps you take risks with your ideas and put yourself out there.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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