Suggested Reading List for Parents (Book Series and
Authors I Don’t Recommend)
And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to
Protect Adolescents from Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence by
James Garbarino, Ph.D. and Ellen deLara, Ph.D.
Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will
End Female Bullying by Cheryl Dellasega
Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of
Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
Odd Girl Speaks Out: Girls Write
About Bullies, Cliques, Popularity, and Jealousy
by
Rachel Simmons
Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping
Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, & Other Realities of
Adolescence
by Rosalind
Wiseman
Raising Boys: Why Boys Are Different
and How to Help Them Become Happy, Well-Balanced Men by Steven
Biddulph and Paul Standish, illustrator
Raising Cain: Protecting the
Emotional Life of Boys by Daniel J. Kindlon
Raising Confident Boys: 100 Tips for
Parents and Teachers by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips for
Parents and Teachers by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the
Myths of Boyhood by William S. Pollack
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves
of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher
Stressed Out Girls by Roni
Cohen-Sandler, Ph.D.
Surviving Ophelia: Mothers Share their
Wisdom in Navigating the Tumultuous Teenage Years by Cheryl
Dellasega
“Trust Me, Mom, Everyone Else Is
Going”: New Rules for Mothering Adolescent Girls
by
Roni Cohen-Sandler, Ph.D.
Mean Chicks, Cliques, and Dirty
Tricks: A Real Girl’s Guide to Getting Through the Day with Smarts and Style
By
Erika V. Shearin Karres, Ph.D.
When We’re in Public, Pretend You
Don’t Know Me: Surviving Your Daughter’s Adolescence So You Don’t Look Like and
Idiot and She Still Talks to You by Susan Borowitz with advice from
parenting expert Ava L. Seigler, Ph.D.
Web Sites:
sponsored by Ad Council and Girls Scouts
– focuses on practical applications of math, science, and technology with
articles about careers, games, chat rooms
a
site with several areas of interest
advice
columns, chat rooms, games, book reviews, poetry submissions
be
aware: very comprehensive section
on sex and related topics
www.girlsinitiativenetwork.org
great
site for girls