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Now available in paperback is a bold, fresh, and timely work that "offers parents humor, understanding, parenting philosophy, and well-founded pearls of wisdom." —Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D., coauthor of Raising Cain
Mary Pipher told us about the problems girls face in Reviving Ophelia; now in Girls Will Be Girls, JoAnn Deak gives us the solutions. Deak looks past the "scare" stories to those that enlighten parents and enable them to empower girls. She draws from the latest brain research on girls to illustrate the exciting new ways in which we can help our daughters learn and thrive. Most telling of all, she gives us the voices of girls themselves as they struggle with body image, self-esteem, intellectual growth, peer pressure, and media messages. The result is a masterly book that addresses the key issues for girls growing up; one that fulfills a desperate need for clear guiding principles to help mothers, fathers, and their daughters navigate this chaotic contemporary culture.
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Chapter 1 | The Search for Perspective | 9 |
| Chapter 2 | The Formative Years: The Layering of Nature, Nuture, and Life Experience | 37 |
| Chapter 3 | Betwixt and Between: The Preadolescent Years | 69 |
| Chapter 4 | Everything and Nothing: Sharing the Adolescent Girl's Struggle to Be and Become Herself | 103 |
| Chapter 5 | Mothers and Daughters: Roots to Grow, Wings to Fly | 136 |
| Chapter 6 | Fathers and Daughters: Soul Mates, Strangers, and a Delicate Dance | 161 |
| Chapter 7 | The Galapagos Islands of Girls' Social Development | 193 |
| Chapter 8 | Aiming to Please: Moving Beyond the "Tyranny of Niceness" | 221 |
| Chapter 9 | Parents Under Pressure: How to Think Straight When Worry Sets In | 243 |
| Chapter 10 | Girls in Action: The Magic of Doing | 266 |
| Epilogue: Girls in Progress | 286 |
PauletteTX
Posted April 21, 2010
Fantastic presentation of how up-to-date brain research explains certain behaviors at certain times in life. What a window into understanding our daughters, students, friends, and ourselves! A must read for anyone interested in being a better mom, dad, teacher, counselor, wife, sister, and friend. Makes a great gift, too!
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Now available in paperback is a bold, fresh, and timely work that "offers parents humor, understanding, parenting philosophy, and well-founded pearls of wisdom." —Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D., coauthor of Raising Cain
Mary Pipher told us about the problems girls face in Reviving Ophelia; now in Girls Will Be Girls, JoAnn Deak gives us the solutions. Deak looks past the "scare" stories to those that enlighten parents and enable them to empower girls. She draws from the latest brain...