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Cool-headed Strategies for Parenting Tweens + Teens

by Kastner, Laura Scribner

Book - 2009

Things can get pretty explosive in Teen Rebellion Land. This book is very good at reminding you what your place is as a parent, what you can control and w...Show more Things can get pretty explosive in Teen Rebellion Land. This book is very good at reminding you what your place is as a parent, what you can control and what you can't control, and it walks you through scenarios and gives you better ways to react, ways that won't make things more explosive. Show less

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Cinderella Ate My Daughter

Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-girl Culture

by Orenstein, Peggy

Book - 2011

Peggy Orenstein is such an entertaining writer, as well as being a thoughtful one, and here she offers some wisdom about dealing with the message girls are given everywhere that their main job is to be pretty, passive, and stereotypically feminine. Peggy Orenstein is such an entertaining writer, as well as being a thoughtful one, and here she offers some wisdom about dealing with the message girls are given everywhere that their main job is to be pretty, passive, and stereotypically feminine. Show less

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Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen

The Essential Conversations You Need to Have With your Kids Before They Start High School - and How (best) to Have Them

by Icard, Michelle

Book - 2020

Talk to them while they're young, before the opinions of their peers are all they care about. Don't get so involved with what you have to say that you don...Show more Talk to them while they're young, before the opinions of their peers are all they care about. Don't get so involved with what you have to say that you don't use your listening superpower. This book can show you how to avoid common parental conversation-killing behaviors and tries to help you build a bridge between yourself and your daughters so that they’ll feel they can come to you when they need to. Show less

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Mothering & Daughtering

Keeping your Bond Strong Through the Teen Years

by Reynolds, Sil

Book - 2013

One half of Mothering and Daughtering was written by a mom for other mothers, the other by her daughter for other daughters. It’s all about keeping the li...Show more One half of Mothering and Daughtering was written by a mom for other mothers, the other by her daughter for other daughters. It’s all about keeping the lines of communication strong during the teen years. I like how sex-positive this is and that it strives to let girls of all shapes and sizes know their value. Show less

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The Curse of the Good Girl

Raising Authentic Girls With Courage and Confidence

by Simmons, Rachel

Book - 2009

Women constantly give up their power in order to keep the peace. It gives mothers strategies for raising daughters who will not give in to societal pressure, girls who will discover and live as their own authentic selves. Women constantly give up their power in order to keep the peace. It gives mothers strategies for raising daughters who will not give in to societal pressure, girls who will discover and live as their own authentic selves. Show less

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Let's Talk About It

The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being A Human

by Moen, Erika

Graphic Novel - 2021

All teens should read this graphic novel by Portland author Erica Moen, and I think it will also appeal to most teens. It shows a multiethnic set of reali...Show more All teens should read this graphic novel by Portland author Erica Moen, and I think it will also appeal to most teens. It shows a multiethnic set of realistic teen characters representing a wide diversity of body types (sizes, abilities, genders) having honest and illuminating conversations about sex, gender, and relationships. Show less

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Dear Ijeawele, Or, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

by Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi

Book - 2017

This gorgeously written short book takes the form of a letter to the author's friend, a new parent. It's something all prospective parents should read. This gorgeously written short book takes the form of a letter to the author's friend, a new parent. It's something all prospective parents should read. Show less

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Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue

How to Raise your Kids Free of Gender Stereotypes

by Brown, Christia Spears

Book - 2014

You're going to have a kid. That doesn't mean it's time to plan the gender reveal party. It's time to conquer your own biases so you can parent a child, any child, in a non-binary way. You're going to have a kid. That doesn't mean it's time to plan the gender reveal party. It's time to conquer your own biases so you can parent a child, any child, in a non-binary way. Show less

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The Myth of the Perfect Girl

Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life

by Homayoun, Ana

Book - 2013

There's not one way to live, one way to be. Help your daughter find her authentic self and follow her own path. There's not one way to live, one way to be. Help your daughter find her authentic self and follow her own path. Show less

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Talk Sex Today

What Kids Need to Know and How Adults Can Teach Them

by Noon, Saleema

Book - 2016

This is a really good, inclusive, respectful, and sex-positive book for adults trying to help kids grow up to be healthy sexual people. This is a really good, inclusive, respectful, and sex-positive book for adults trying to help kids grow up to be healthy sexual people. Show less

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