The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls: An essential guide to bringing up happy, healthy girls in today's world by Moira McCarthy
"The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls" will assist parents through the most difficult years in their child's life - ages 13 and up. This guide offers detailed information on the various stages of development and challenges for raising adolescent girls and how to cope, covering: the adolescent brain and the debate over gender differences; the facts about puberty, sexual development and body issues (and how to talk to your daughter about all of it); dieting, peer pressure and self-esteem; female adolescent issues like dating and appearance; school issues and troubling girl issues, including risky behaviour; potential psychological problems that your daughter may face; facts about teen abuse and tips for helping your daughter resist alcohol and drugs; safe sex, STDs and unplanned pregnancies; and, effective parenting techniques and discipline approaches."The Everything Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls" is every parent's survival guide for raising adolescent girls, helping you to take care of and raise your daughter to have high self-esteem, emotional maturity and more!