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Girls Calling Boys

When Boy-crazy Teens Drive You Crazy

By Laura Paul

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Assertive Attitudes

Gilda Carle, associate professor of business, psychology and communications at New York's Mercy College and the author of Teen Talk with Dr. Gilda: A Girl's Guide to Dating (Harper Collins, 2003), says most parents are oblivious when their daughters have an obsessive side.

"Most parents have never even brought up this subject, because they can't imagine that their daughters are even interested in these guys, and then suddenly they find out that their daughters have become much more aggressive than even the parents recognize, and they are shocked," Carle says.

She points out that teen girls have become increasingly more assertive than their female role models of an older generation. They are more likely to initiate phone calls, dates and even insist on having sex.

Middle and high school girls know being assertive helps them succeed in leadership roles. Therefore, they might be confused when their assertiveness is not readily accepted by a romantic interest.

"Even young boys write to me, and this is nw also because in the past years I was never hearing from boys," Carle says. "I traditionally heard from girls and adult women, but now boys are writing and they are being choked by all of this female attention."


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