Eventually, “girls lose even the awareness of their own anger as anger. Repeatedly having to swallow their anger, she adds, can also end up altering girls’ understanding of their own emotions. 'We are so busy teaching girls to be likable,' asserts Chemaly, 'that we forget to teach them that they have the right to be respected.' “No matter how justified, appearing angry won’t do her any favors and will actually undermine people’s perception of her competence and likeability.” Instead, “girls are more likely to learn that their feelings of anger, no matter the reason they have them, are ‘wrong’ and out of sync with their identities as girls.” So when we leave anger out of our girls' emotional toolbox, they may struggle to stand up for themselves, even when a situation deserves their anger. Most girls and women understand the risks they take when they become angry,” writes Chemaly. In this blog post, we'll explore why it's important to let girls be angry – and how to teach girls to channel their anger productively. While parents talk to girls about emotions more than they do to boys, anger is excluded.' In fact, from an early age, parents, caregivers, and teachers expect girls to regulate their emotions more effectively than boys, teaching them that expressing 'negative' emotions like anger is socially unacceptable. Envy, anxiety, guilt, check, check, check.

'I don’t remember my parents or other adults ever talking to me about anger directly,' observes Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger, 'Sadness, yes. Most parents talk to their children about their emotions, but there's one emotion that people often leave out when talking to girls: anger. 'We are so busy teaching girls to be likable that we forget to teach them that they have the right to be respected.' Top Children's Books for Celebrating Spring.A Mighty Girl's Back to School & Learn at Home Guide.Top Halloween Mighty Girl Books & Films.2013 Mighty Girl Books: A Year in Review.2014 Mighty Girl Books: A Year in Review.2015 Mighty Girl Books: A Year in Review.2016 Mighty Girl Books: A Year in Review.2017 Mighty Girl Books: A Year in Review.2018 Mighty Girl Books: A Year in Review.Top Environmental Movies featuring Mighty Girls.Travel Toys, Games, & Gear for Mighty Girls.Top Mighty Girl Books on Civil Rights History.Top Asian Pacific American Mighty Girl Books.Top Latino / Hispanic American Mighty Girl Books.Top Mighty Girl Books & Films on Women's History.

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