Raising Girls How to Help Your Daughter Grow Up Happy, Healthy, and Strong [Paperback]

A practical guidebook and passionate call-to-arms for parents of girls that empowers them to raise confident, well-rounded daughters in an exploitative world, from the author of the international bestsellerRaising Boys.

Raising a happy, healthy, well-adjusted daughter from babyhood to womanhood can be a challenge. Girls need to be strong, and in this warm-hearted book, best-selling parenting author Steve Biddulph brings together the finest thinking from around the world on how to raise daughters who are self-assured, know they are loved, and can stand up for themselves and others. With gentle humor and proven wisdom backed by decades of experience as a family psychologist and father, Biddulph shows parents of girls how to navigate the obstacles of growing up in a world that seems bent on poisoning their confidence. Biddulph also discusses:
• The five stages of girlhood, and how to help them go smoothly.
• How to deal with bullying, mean girls, and social media.
• Ways to ease the transition into the teen years.
• What you need to know about healthy body image, food, and eating disorders.
• The importance of girl’s friendships and how to support them.
• How to help girls happily and confidently relate to boys.
With unforgettable success stories of girls growing up wise and warm,Raising Girlsis fierce and tender; loving and concerned. It is both a detailed guidebook and a passionate call-to-arms to defend and empower girls everywhere.A Letter from Steve
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Part OneThe Five Stages of Girlhood
Chapter one: Creating a Total Girl
Chapter two: Right from the Start (Birth to Two Years)
Chapter three: Learning to Explore (Two to Five Years)
Chapter four: Getting Along with Others (Five to Ten Years)
Chapter five: Finding Her Soul (Ten to Fourteen Years)
Chapter six: Preparing for Adulthood (Fourteen to Eighteen Years)