Swimming upstream : parenting girls for resilience in a toxic culture / Laura H. Choate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choate, Laura Hensley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girls.

Daughters.

Parenting.

Resilience (Personality trait).

Girls--Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A guide to help parents teach their daughters to resist negative cultural messages. Never before have adolescent girls faced so many confusing and contradictory expectations. From a young age, popular culture teaches girls that their worth is based on their appearance, their ability to gain attention, and an ever-increasing accrual of accomplishments. With such unattainable standards, it is no wonder that many girls experience stress, self-doubt, and even mental health problems. Girls struggle to develop an authentic sense of self, even as they attempt to meet a set of impossible cultural

Contents:

Cover; Swimming Upstream; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Taking a Tour of Girl World; 1 Appearance, Attention, Accomplishments: Toxic Cultural Expectations for Today's Girls; 2 Girls in Transition: Who Am I?; 3 Vulnerable Girls: Common Mental Health Problems; Part Two: Parenting for Resilience; 4 Resilience Dimension One: Parenting from Your Inner Core; 5 Resilience Dimension Two: Developing a Positive Body Image; 6 Resilience Dimension Three: Cultivating Healthy Relationships; 7 Resilience Dimension Four: Keeping Success in Perspective

8 Resilience Dimension Five: Charting My Life Course Conclusions; Recommended Resources; Indexing for SUS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-939115-7

0-19-939114-9

OCLC:

919495835