Raising a Daughter

Girls are born believing that they can do anything but our media-driven culture of mixed messages and conflicting values can make growing up a confusing and risky business. And for parents it is a daunting responsibility to raise confident independent daughters while still keeping them safe. Jeanne and Don Elium address such complex challenges as: peer pressure and evolving social roles emotional effects of physical changes moodiness eating disorders and depression the consequences of early sexualitythe gender gap between girls and boysnew research on ADD and ADHD in girls daughters and single parentingRaising A Daughter guides parents through each stage of a girls development from infant to toddler through middle childhood the teen years and on into early adulthood. A bestseller since 1994 this newly revised classic offers a practical exploration of what it means to have a daughter and a compassionate study of what it means to be a woman coming of age in todays world.