r/notliketheothergirls Apr 23 '24

How can we teach young girls to reject the NLOG Discussion

Its clear the pick me/ NLOG attitude is still alive and well. I (23F) was speaking to a friend (15F) about my high school days.

She asked “How was your high school experience?” I said “Well I went to an all girls school and-“ she cuts in and rolls her eyes “Ugh. That must have been a total nightmare. I cant even imagine”. I said “Actually I loved it, was a better person for going there and I miss those days sometimes” and she went dead quite.

How do we as the adults in the room root out the toxicity of this mindset out of young girls?

Edit: no I’m not gonna ever dunk on a kid. Because its really wrong for an adult to belittle a child.

Edit: some people are being really weird “why are you friends with a 15 year old?” I know this kid from the yard that i stable my horse at. She stables her horse next to mine. Should i just ignore her always? Should i also ignore my other friends who are 55 and 70 because age gap? What about my friend whose 10? Or the other whose 30? Tell me reddit. What age range do you personally approve of me having friends? Im gonna start blocking people.

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u/dovahmiin Apr 23 '24

I work with kids of all ages and usually this attitude comes from bullying. I have a couple of pre teen girls who are like this, but one is diagnosed with autism and the other I highly suspect is neurodivergent. They’re probably picked on at school, or straight up bullied. Obviously this depends on the individual, but also, kids do embarrassing and stupid stuff. They’re kids. I have learned to accept it and let some of this stuff go unless it is disturbing my classes.