Wendy 1904 play "Peter Pan" and its 1911 novelization "Peter and Wendy" by J. M. Barrie. Its popularity reached a peak in the 1960s but subsequently declined. The name was inspired by young Margaret Henley, daughter of Barrie's poet friend W. E. Henley. With the common childhood difficulty pronouncing "R"s, Margaret reportedly used to call him "my fwiendy-wendy". The name Wendy in Dutch is either of Anglo-Saxon origin or an abbreviation of names such as Wendela (an old-fashioned name which probably means related to the Vandals). Chinese women with the same or similar-sounding characters as their given names often anglicise their
Wendy Mogel Wendy Mogel Wendy Mogel (born March 23, 1951) is an American psychologist and author, whose first book, "The Blessing of a Skinned Knee", identified the problems faced by middle class children at a time of social anxiety. Her second book, "The Blessing of a B Minus", focused on counseling parents whose children face destructive pressures as they prepare for college. "Voice Lessons for Parents", her latest book, addresses the skills needed to converse while being surrounded by digital distractions. Mogel was raised in a secular Jewish family. She studied art history at Middlebury College in Vermont, where she graduated cum