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thayerbowen's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
erinashley425's review against another edition
5.0
Such a great book to help adults understand the pressures modern girls and young women endure and how to support them in that journey. Great for parents and educators.
encyclopediabritanika's review against another edition
3.0
3.3 stars
There were bits that were helpful and bits that weren't. There were many chapters she put in that felt not related to stress and anxiety in the way a parent picking this up would be looking for. Like there were whole chapters discussing how people perceive the speech of girls and how it's sexist, and while I wholeheartedly agree, I don't think that's particularly helpful to a parent wanting to know how to confront stress and anxiety in their girl. Like, yes, I won't judge her speech patterns, but what do I do when she's worried about school? There are actually great sections on dealing with school stress and I took away a lot from the part discussing how phones give your stressed and anxious daughter an immediate lifeline to a security blanket in you. So when they reach out every time something worries them, it is not as helpful as you think to immediately reply soothing the worries, and it's not helping your daughter learn skills to deal with the issues on her own and having some worry and anxiety is ok, we all have it, and we work through it. Anyway, it was helpful in parts and not in others. Just skim it for what you need for you and your girl.
There were bits that were helpful and bits that weren't. There were many chapters she put in that felt not related to stress and anxiety in the way a parent picking this up would be looking for. Like there were whole chapters discussing how people perceive the speech of girls and how it's sexist, and while I wholeheartedly agree, I don't think that's particularly helpful to a parent wanting to know how to confront stress and anxiety in their girl. Like, yes, I won't judge her speech patterns, but what do I do when she's worried about school? There are actually great sections on dealing with school stress and I took away a lot from the part discussing how phones give your stressed and anxious daughter an immediate lifeline to a security blanket in you. So when they reach out every time something worries them, it is not as helpful as you think to immediately reply soothing the worries, and it's not helping your daughter learn skills to deal with the issues on her own and having some worry and anxiety is ok, we all have it, and we work through it. Anyway, it was helpful in parts and not in others. Just skim it for what you need for you and your girl.
cajunhusker's review against another edition
Definitely geared more towards parents but definitely great to read as a woman that deals with anxiety and has had to learn some of these lessons the hard way as well as to know that I'm not alone.
whitneyborup's review against another edition
4.0
Lately it seems like all of my students are over worked and overwrought. This book gave me some good context and some strategies for how to talk to these kids — especially the girls.