Help Your Kids Navigate Cliques

Part of growing up is learning to navigate cliques.   Parents may be desperate to help their child learn the social skills to do so, but it’s often hard to know where to start. Carrie Goldman, speaker and award-winning author of “Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle […]

by Shannan Younger

Negotiating Friendships and Cliques

It isn’t always easy for mothers to know when our daughters are negotiating the natural ups and downs of friendship …   … or facing exclusion or humiliation from a clique of mean girls. According to Paulette Janus, LCSW, who counsels children and teens at the AFG Guidance Center in Kenilworth, being part of a […]

by Marjie Killeen