Lisa Damour (1) (1970–)

I finally received this book. It arrived as a package that obviously had been exposed to the elements. However, once I dried out the book, I found it a great read. The author provides the reader with a great deal of advice on how to help especially girls deal with the pressures of life. What made this such a great read was the examples based on her practice that illuminated the points she was making. She also gave us examples of how she learned to look at things differently by making some mistakes along the way - something every parent and teacher has done as well. This was a very insightful and helpful read about a timely topic that proved to be an entertaining read as well.… (altro)

Advocates giving our daughters permission to slack off, to be imperfect, to be not just beautiful in their own way but unbeautiful, even though it’s very hard for parents alone to be in control of those messages. I particularly noted the concept of “settling your glitter”—giving agitation time to calm down before reacting as a parent, and letting the girl do the same. And also the concept that we regularly expect boys to exert the minimum effort necessary to achieve an objective, like an A, but expect girls to go full throttle; girls can benefit a lot from figuring out when they can slack off—and from encouragement to do so.… (altro)