STEVE BIDDULPH’S
Raising Girls
Helping your daughter
to grow up wise, warm and strong
NZ RRP $39.99 . Illustrated. Published by: Finch
Distributed by
Bookreps.co.nz
Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys was a global phenomenon. The
first book in a generation to look at boys’ specific needs, parents loved its
clarity and warm insights into their sons’ inner world. But today, things have
changed— the girls are in trouble.
There has been a sudden and universal deterioration in
girls’ mental health, starting in primary school and devastating the teen
years. Steve Biddulph’s Raising Girls is both a guidebook and a call-to-arms
for parents.
The five key stages of girlhood are laid out so that you know
exactly what matters at which age, and how to build strength and connectedness
into your daughter from infancy onwards. Raising Girls is both fierce and
tender in its mission to help girls more at every age. It’s a book for parents
who love their daughters deeply, whether they are newborns, teenagers, young
women – or anywhere in between. At last, there is a clear map of girls’ minds
that accepts no limitations, narrow roles or selling-out of your daughter’s potential
or uniqueness. Steve Biddulph’s Raising Girls explores how to help your
daughter feel secure, become an explorer, get along with others, find her soul,
and become a woman. All the hazards are signposted – bullying, eating
disorders, body image and depression, social media harms and helps – as are concrete and simple measures for both
mums and dads to help prevent their daughters from becoming victims. Parenthood
is restored to an exciting journey, not one worry after another, as it’s so
often portrayed.
Steve includes many of the world’s leading voices on girls’
needs and makes their ideas clear and simple, adding his own humour and
experience through unforgettable
stories. Even the beautiful and moving illustrations, by Kimio Kubo, provide
unique and moving glimpses into the inner lives of girls.
Along with his fellow psychologists worldwide, Steve is
angry at the exploitation and harm being done to girls today. With Raising
Girls he strives to spark a movement to end the trashing of girlhood; equipping
parents to deal with the modern world, and getting the media off the backs of
our daughters.
Raising Girls is powerful, practical and positive. Parents
will be strengthened by its message.
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