Girls on the Brink

Helping Our Daughters Thrive in an Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media

Author: Donna Jackson Nakazawa
ISBN: 9780593233078

15 “simple but powerful” (The New York Times Book Review) strategies for raising emotionally healthy girls, based on cutting-edge science that explains the modern pressures that make it so difficult for adolescent girls to thrive“This is a brave and important book; the challenging stories—both personal and scientific—will make you think, and, hopefully, act.”—Bruce D. Perry, MD, PhD, New York Times bestselling co-author of What Happened to You?ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, MashableAnyone caring for girls today knows that our daughters, students, and girls next door are more anxious and more prone to depression and self-harming than ever before. The question that no one has yet been able to credibly answer is Why?Now we have answers. As award-winning writer Donna Jackson Nakazawa deftly explains in Girls on the Brink, new findings reveal that the crisis facing today’s girls is a biologically rooted phenomenon: the earlier onset of puberty mixes

Publisher: Harmony/Rodale
Publish Date: 2022-09-13

Subjects: Family & Relationships / Parenting / General, Psychology / Developmental / Adolescent, Self-Help / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Parenting)