For teen girls, getting back to school goes beyond making sure they have all the school supplies they need, it’s making sure they feel good about themselves and their friends. National nonprofit Ruling Our Experiences found just 55% of teen girls reported feeling confident.
For a lot of teen girls, wanting to be accepted in their friend group is everything. And if they get “dropped”, it can be devastating.
“So the big thing that’s happening with teen girls right now is something called ‘the drop’, which is when a group of friends drops one of the girls in the group,” said Jacki Carlson, a teen confidence coach. “If someone makes a mistake, it’s often documented. And then it’s replayed over and over again and so it makes it really hard for these girls to forgive one another.”…