Rooted, Resilient, and Ready

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URGENCY: Statistics reflect the dire need to support teen girls as they face immense pressures: 34% of high school girls have symptoms of depression and about 18% of all high school girls report that they have seriously considered attempting suicide. REAL WORLD, REAL GIRLS:The author has infused her discussion of the hot topics of parenting teens with real life stories, interviews, and photos of teen girls who are in various stages of stepping into their own circle of power. DIGITAL PRESSURE: Technology has brought different pressures to bear on the life of a teen girl. From the potential addiction to social media validation for self-worth to sexting, smart devices are not always a teen girl's best friend-but they are her lifeline to her friends and school work. Parents need to know, understand, and teach teen girls how to see, balance, and manage the virtual world as a complement to and not a replacement of the real world. DOs AND DON'Ts: Parenting is a perennial hot topic, and this book brings a fresh approach to the subject of parenting teen girls. It covers a broad range of subject matter from mental health, identity, body image, relationships, and sex and offers specific advice that shows parents how they can help their teen girls in these areas-and also avoid inadvertently hindering them.