Why did you feel like you needed to write a new edition of Queen Bees and Wannabees?
As soon as I’m done with something I always think of things I forgot to put in. I’ve done that already with the new book. But definitely, about two years ago, I realized that the only thing in the book about technology was email. That is just not acceptable. I started feeling guilty that girls and moms and dads were reading it, and I do feel a very strong sense of obligation to these people. I’m constantly trying to take the things that I see and put them forward and think, what can we do about it. Specifically the things I wanted to change the most about were about technology and some of the more leading questions that I get—people always say, everything that’s happening is happening so much younger. I wanted to answer that question. How do you answer that question? Okay, yes, girls at younger ages are acting more “teenage-like” and exhibiting mean girl behavior. But it’s because we’re not teaching our kids to be more mature, we’re teaching them to be older. Older meaning getting to s
