Download or read book It s Great to Be a Girl written by Dannah Gresh and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Help Your Daughter Celebrate and Care for Her Changing Body Your tween daughter (age 8-12) will be going through a physical and emotional transformation in the coming years. Prepare her for what’s ahead with this fun and informative user’s manual to the body God created especially for her. It’s Great to Be a Girl! tells your daughter everything she needs to know, in kid-friendly terms, about the many changes she can expect during puberty and how to handle them, including tips on hygiene, hair care, makeup, nutrition, exercise, and more. Best of all, your daughter will learn that her body was made for a purpose—to honor and glorify God. This truth is the basis for a lifetime of positive self-image and a rich, vibrant faith. Help your daughter recognize the beauty of her changing body as she agrees with her Creator that “it’s great to be a girl!”
Download or read book Secret Keeper Girl written by Dannah Gresh and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your tween prepared for what’s ahead? It used to be that middle school was the time to talk to kids about topics like modesty and body image. Unfortunately, the at-risk demographic for distorted views on the body is now girls ages 8–10. Fortunately, Dannah Gresh has provided a resource for this need. True Girl is geared to helping tween girls understand their dignity in Christ. It features a creative self-help text format that includes sidebars, quizzes, games, exploded quotes, and graphics to help them absorb the message. Here’s what author Dannah Gresh has to say about the motivation behind the book: “My past fifteen years of studying at-risk teen and tween behavior has over and over again led me to good news: girls who are exposed to an age-appropriate, Bible-based understanding of beauty and fashion between the ages of 8-12 tend to be less likely to engage in early sexual activity or have body image issues. They are also more likely to have healthy friendships, excel academically, and become positive social contributors in their communities, all while expressing their beauty and value appropriately. "It’s not rocket science. It is social science paired with a whole lot of prayer and Bible study. We can change what tween girls see when they look in the mirror by changing what's inside their hearts.” This is the heart behind True Girl:a desire to teach tween girls how valuable they are and how to honor their God-given dignity. Ultimately, it’s about grounding girls in their identity in Christ so the tumultuous teen years don’t uproot them. This book pairs with True Girl Mom-Daughter Devos, allowing moms a helpful resource for walking through this formative time with their tween girl.
Download or read book Rules for Being a Girl written by Candace Bushnell and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Katie Cotugno and author of Sex and the City Candace Bushnell comes this fierce and feisty exploration of feminism: standing up, speaking out and rewriting the rules. Don’t be easy. Don’t give it up. Don’t be a prude. Don’t be cold. Don’t put him in the friendzone. Don’t act desperate. Don’t let things go too far. Don’t give him the wrong idea. Don’t blame him for trying. Don’t walk alone at night. But calm down! Don’t worry so much. Smile! Marin is a smart, driven, popular girl – she's headed for Brown when she graduates and has a brilliant career as a journalist ahead of her. Especially in the eyes of English teacher Mr Beckett. He spends a lot of time around Marin, and she thinks it's harmless . . . until he kisses her. No one believes Marin when she tells them what happened, so she does the only thing she can: she writes an article called 'Rules for Being a Girl' for the school paper to point out the misogyny and sexism that girls face every day. As things heat up at school and in her personal life, Marin must figure out how to take back the power and rewrite her own rules.
Download or read book Girl to Girl written by Sarah O'Leary Burningham and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A solid and sound coaching manual for preteen girls starting or approaching puberty.” —School Library Journal Let’s face it, being a girl isn’t easy, and growing up can be confusing without a confidante to help. Meet Sarah O’Leary Burningham, a real-life big sister here to talk you through some of life’s biggest moments, like: Finding a bra Getting your period Picking out glasses and braces Dealing with body odor and shaving Caring for your skin (and handling pimples!). Creating healthy habits And so much more Filled with letters and testimonials from girls just like you, confidence-boosting advice from experts, and myth-busting sidebars that give you the real scoop, this book is just what you need to naviage the preteen years. Endorsed by doctors and experts: “What a marvelous book for girls 8-12 years old. This accurate, reassuring, and clearly written guide is one of the best presents that we can give to the young girls in our lives—especially in an era where they read so much misinformation on the Internet.” —Judy Norsigian, Executive Director, Our Bodies Ourselves “A desperately needed guide for girls ages 8-12, who have long needed an age-appropriate, visually interesting, and emotionally accessible book on growing up. Parents of diverse backgrounds, who have been looking for a book to lean on and learn from, have got their wish. Real girls inhabit these pages and share what readers will want to know—and what they’ll need to know.” —Pepper Schwartz, PhD, Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington and author of Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Their Children About Sex and Character
Download or read book The Myth Of The Nice Girl written by Fran Hauser and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amazon Best Business Book of 2018 Selected by Audible as the Best Business Book of 2018 Named “Best New Book” by People Magazine and Refinery29 Named a Most Anticipated Title of April 2018 by Bustle and Levo A Women@Forbes “Boss Moves Book Club” pick A candid guide for ambitious women who want to succeed without losing themselves in the process Fran Hauser deconstructs the negative perception of "niceness" that many women struggle with in the business world. If women are nice, they are seen as weak and ineffective, but if they are tough, they are labeled a bitch. Hauser proves that women don’t have to sacrifice their values or hide their authentic personalities to be successful. Sharing a wealth of personal anecdotes and time-tested strategies, she shows women how to reclaim “nice” and sidestep regressive stereotypes about what a strong leader looks like. Her accessible advice and hard-won wisdom detail how to balance being empathetic with being decisive, how to rise above the double standards that can box you in, how to cultivate authentic confidence that projects throughout a room, and much more. THE MYTH OF THE NICE GIRL is a refreshing dose of forward-looking feminism that will resonate with smart, professional women who know what they want and are looking for real advice to take their career to the next level without losing themselves in the process.
Download or read book Raising My Rainbow written by Lori Duron and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising My Rainbow is Lori Duron’s frank, heartfelt, and brutally funny account of her and her family's adventures of distress and happiness raising a gender-creative son. Whereas her older son, Chase, is a Lego-loving, sports-playing boy's boy, Lori's younger son, C.J., would much rather twirl around in a pink sparkly tutu, with a Disney Princess in each hand while singing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi." C.J. is gender variant or gender nonconforming, whichever you prefer. Whatever the term, Lori has a boy who likes girl stuff—really likes girl stuff. He floats on the gender-variation spectrum from super-macho-masculine on the left all the way to super-girly-feminine on the right. He's not all pink and not all blue. He's a muddled mess or a rainbow creation. Lori and her family choose to see the rainbow. Written in Lori's uniquely witty and warm voice and launched by her incredibly popular blog of the same name, Raising My Rainbow is the unforgettable story of her wonderful family as they navigate the often challenging but never dull privilege of raising a slightly effeminate, possibly gay, totally fabulous son. Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader’s guide and bonus content
Download or read book Goodbye Good Girl written by Eileen M. Clegg and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors present an insightful look into the conventions that shape women's lives and the motivational stories of those who questioned the old rules and found new paths to their own growth.
Download or read book Boys Love Manga and Beyond written by Mark McLelland and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys Love Manga and Beyond looks at a range of literary, artistic and other cultural products that celebrate the beauty of adolescent boys and young men. In Japan, depiction of the “beautiful boy” has long been a romantic and sexualized trope for both sexes and commands a high degree of cultural visibility today across a range of genres from pop music to animation. In recent decades, “Boys Love” (or simply BL) has emerged as a mainstream genre in manga, anime, and games for girls and young women. This genre was first developed in Japan in the early 1970s by a group of female artists who went on to establish themselves as major figures in Japan's manga industry. By the late 1970s many amateur women fans were getting involved in the BL phenomenon by creating and self-publishing homoerotic parodies of established male manga characters and popular media figures. The popularity of these fan-made products, sold and circulated at huge conventions, has led to an increase in the number of commercial titles available. Today, a wide range of products produced both by professionals and amateurs are brought together under the general rubric of “boys love,” and are rapidly gaining an audience throughout Asia and globally. This collection provides the first comprehensive overview in English of the BL phenomenon in Japan, its history and various subgenres and introduces translations of some key Japanese scholarship not otherwise available. Some chapters detail the historical and cultural contexts that helped BL emerge as a significant part of girls' culture in Japan. Others offer important case studies of BL production, consumption, and circulation and explain why BL has become a controversial topic in contemporary Japan.
Download or read book Material Girls written by Kathleen Stock and published by Fleet. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard 'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday Times Material Girls is a timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an inner feeling known as a gender identity, and that this feeling is more socially significant than our biological sex. Professor Kathleen Stock surveys the philosophical ideas that led to this point, and closely interrogates each one, from De Beauvoir's statement that, 'One is not born, but rather becomes a woman' (an assertion she contends has been misinterpreted and repurposed), to Judith Butler's claim that language creates biological reality, rather than describing it. She looks at biological sex in a range of important contexts, including women-only spaces and resources, healthcare, epidemiology, political organization and data collection. Material Girls makes a clear, humane and feminist case for our retaining the ability to discuss reality, and concludes with a positive vision for the future, in which trans rights activists and feminists can collaborate to achieve some of their political aims.
Download or read book How I Survived Being a Girl written by Wendelin Van Draanen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-08-19 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve year old Carolyn who has always wished she was a boy, begins to see things in a new light when her sister is born.
Download or read book No More Mean Girls written by Katie Hurley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Queen Bees and Wannabes for the elementary and middle school set, child and adolescent psychotherapist Katie Hurley shows parents of young girls how to nip mean girl behavior in the bud. Once upon a time, mean girls primarily existed in high school, while elementary school-aged girls spent hours at play and enjoyed friendships without much drama. But in this fast-paced world in which young girls are exposed to negative behaviors on TV and social media from the moment they enter school, they are also becoming caught up in social hierarchies much earlier. No More Mean Girls is a guide for parents to help their young daughters navigate tricky territories such as friendship building, creating an authentic self, standing up for themselves and others, and expressing themselves in a healthy way. The need to be liked by others certainly isn't new, but this generation of girls is growing up in an age when the "like" button shows the world just how well-liked they are. When girls acknowledge that they possess positive traits that make them interesting, strong, and likeable, however, the focus shifts and their self-confidence soars; "likes" lose their importance. This book offers actionable steps to help parents empower young girls to be kind, confident leaders who work together and build each other up.
Download or read book Women Don t Ask written by Linda Babcock and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking classic that explores how women can and should negotiate for parity in their workplaces, homes, and beyond When Linda Babcock wanted to know why male graduate students were teaching their own courses while female students were always assigned as assistants, her dean said: "More men ask. The women just don't ask." Drawing on psychology, sociology, economics, and organizational behavior as well as dozens of interviews with men and women in different fields and at all stages in their careers, Women Don't Ask explores how our institutions, child-rearing practices, and implicit assumptions discourage women from asking for the opportunities and resources that they have earned and deserve—perpetuating inequalities that are fundamentally unfair and economically unsound. Women Don't Ask tells women how to ask, and why they should.
Download or read book Pretty in Pink written by Bob Elsdale and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pigs have a bad rep. They're often pictured as exactly the opposite of what a girl wants to be. But Bob Elsdale is here to prove piggy prejudice is all wrong. His collection of adorable photographs and silly, entertaining, and inspiring messages tell even the most pernickety of girls that sometimes, it's a good thing to be a little bit piggy. These picture-perfect mammals will delight and amuse any reader looking for a porcine pick-me-up. Whether she likes shopping, socializing, or just stopping to smell the roses, Pretty in Pink is the perfect gift for any girl.
Download or read book The Richer Sex written by Liza Mundy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolution is under way. Within a generation, more households will be supported by women than by men. In this book the author takes us to the frontier of this new economic order. She shows us why this flip is inevitable, what painful adjustments will have to be made along the way, and how both men and women will feel surprisingly liberated in the end. Couples today are debating who must assume the responsibility of primary earner and who gets the freedom of being the slow track partner. With more men choosing to stay home, she shows how that lifestyle has achieved a higher status, and the ways males have found to recover their masculinity. And the revolution is global: she takes us from Japan to Denmark to show how both sexes are adapting as the marriage market has turned into a giant free-for-all, with men and women at different stages of this transformation finding partners who match their expectations. This book is an analysis of the most important cultural shift since the rise of feminism: the coming era in which women will earn more than men, and how this will change work, love, and sex.
Download or read book The Girls Guide to Growing Up Great written by Sophie Elkan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Wise and kind' - Sali Hughes 'Every young teen needs this book' - Nadia Sawalha 'Brilliant, accessible, sensitive and funny' - Emily Maitlis 'Funny, kind and wise' - Daisy Buchanan Going through puberty? Thinking about puberty? Worried about growing up? This book is for you! Puberty isn't just about what's going on in your body, but also your brain, your emotions and the world around you. Knowledge is power! All the information you need is here, plus advice, wisdom and lots of questions from girls like you: - Body-basics (like breasts, spots and periods) - Life's big mysteries. Is how you look important? Is a crush ever wrong? Is it bad to be jealous of your friends? - Clear, empowering info on emotions, sex, sexuality and gender - Staying safe and having fun online - Plenty of space for your own notes and doodles
Download or read book Growing Up It s a Girl Thing written by Mavis Jukes and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998-09-08 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for pre-adolescent girls to the changes that puberty brings to their bodies, including information about menstruation.
Download or read book It Feels Good to Be Yourself written by Theresa Thorn and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture book that introduces the concept of gender identity to the youngest reader from writer Theresa Thorn and illustrator Noah Grigni. Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between. This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. With child-friendly language and vibrant art, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides young readers and parents alike with the vocabulary to discuss this important topic with sensitivity.