For Girls, It’s Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too - New York Times

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For Girls, It’s Be Yourself, and Be Perfect, Too - New York Times

Esther and Colby are two of the amazing girls at Newton North High School here in this affluent suburb just outside Boston. “Amazing girls” translation: Girls by the dozen who are high achieving, ambitious and confident (if not immune to the usual adolescent insecurities and meltdowns). Girls who do everything: Varsity sports. Student government. Theater. Community service. Girls who have grown up learning they can do anything a boy can do, which is anything they want to do.
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Interesting article.