How to Handle Toy Sharing (Without Teaching Your Child to Be a People Pleaser)
Boundaries, Friends, KidsChristina Ferraritoy sharing, playdate, play date, play, friend, mom drama, mean girl mom, nursery school, preschool, not sharing, play date drama
4 Reasons Everyone Buys the Mean Girl’s Lies Before Hearing Your Side & What to Do About It
Boundaries, Bullying, Friends, Gaslighting, Kids, Mean Girls, Mother in law, School dynamics, Social events, Work SituationsChristina Ferrarimean girl, smear campaign, rumor, narcissists, narcissist, middle school, grown mean girl, mean girl mom
What to Do When Your Friends Forget Your Birthday (Again)
Boundaries, Friends, Family, KidsChristina Ferrariforgot, birthday, bad friend, one sided friend, forgot my birthday, missed birthday, missed
3 Reasons You Can’t Find Friends Who Meet You Halfway & What To Do
Why the Mean Girl Narcissist Has Everyone Fooled But You
Boundaries, Friends, Gaslighting, Mean Girls, Kids, Mother in lawChristina Ferrarimean girl, narcissist, narcissistic, bully, fooled, everyone believes her, mean girl game
Why a Narcissist Friend Tries to Isolate You and Go After Your Friends
Bullying, Gaslighting, Rude People, Social eventsChristina Ferrarimean girl, narcissist, narcissists, gossip, power, competition, envy, jealousy, jealous, friend help, friend advice, isolate, turned friends, turned friends against me
What to Do When a Mean Girl Covert Narcissist Rewrites the Story to Make You the Villain
Mean Girls, Rude People, Social events, Boundaries, BullyingChristina Ferrarinarcissists, narcissist, narcissistic, mean girl, mean girl narcissist, covert, covert narcissist, villain, copying, copy, accuse, lying, victim, blame, blaming, cold, intimidating, intimidate, boundaries, fake
What the Flying Monkeys Do When You Pull Back From a Mean Girl Narcissist
What to Do When the Mean Girl Narcissist Is in Your Friend Group
How to Respond When a Mean Girl Narcissist Turns Your Friends Against You
Bullying, Mean GirlsChristina Ferrarinarcissist, narcissistic, mean girl, turning friends against you, drama, calm, confident, composed, composure
The Invisible Weight of Being the “Mom Friend” (and How to Share the Load)
Friends, FamilyChristina Ferrarifriendship, fringe friend, mom friend, planner, emotional glue, glue, invisible, emotional labor, invisible glue, invisible labor, planning, not appreciated, unappreciated, burnout, how to be a better friend, drama, exhausting, tired
What to Do When You Find Out Your Old Friend Is a Narcissist & is Smearing Your Name
Mother in law, Mean Girls, Gaslighting, Friends, BoundariesChristina Ferrarinarcissistic, narcissist, mean girl, rumor, smear, smearing, smear your name, gossiping
What to Do When You Run Into Someone You Didn’t Want to See
What to Say When Your Child Is Told “You Can’t Play With Us”
4 ways boy moms can act like mean girls (and how to handle it calmly)
Bullying, Boundaries, Gaslighting, Kids, Mean Girls, School dynamicsChristina Ferrarimean girls, boy mom, mean girl mom, exclusion, bully, bullying
What to say when family relationships get personal (without making things awkward)
Boundaries, Bullying, Family, Friends, Gaslighting, Rude People, Mother in law, Mean GirlsChristina Ferrarisister in law, mother in law, drama, family disagreement, fight, argument, holidays, holiday drama, family drama, boundaries, excluded, mean, family, awkward
How to handle when your family excludes you
Boundaries, Friends, Family, Gaslighting, Mean Girls, Mother in law, Rude PeopleChristina Ferrarifamily, drama, friend drama, family drama, exclusion, excluded, left out, what to do when you're left out, home for the holidays, holiday drama, thanksgiving, christmas, holidays, awkward, silence
How do you know if a friendship is real or if it's fake
FriendsChristina Ferrarifriend, one sided friendship, friend pulled back, needy, hot and cold, friend changed, did I make up the friendship, friend help, friendship advice, friend audit
Did you make up your friendship in your head? What to do when you thought you were closer than they did.
FriendsChristina Ferrarione sided friend, one sided friendship, fake friend, frenemy, did I make up the friendship, I thought we were closer, needy, thought we were closer, friend pulled back, friend changed
4 signs your friend is really a frenemy and why that hurts more than a mean girl