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My Girl : Adventures with a Teen in Training
My Girl Adventures with a Teen in Training Author:Karen Stabiner In an inspiring and intimate memoir, the mother of a teenage girl debunks the prevailing assumption that adolescence is inevitably miserable. Heres a radical concept: Most girls are happy, and so are their mothers. Most girls are not destined for depression, eating disorders, low self-esteem, and raging fights with their parents--that... more »;s just a very noisy minority, according to Karen Stabiner, who records life with her own daughter, Sarah, from age 10 to 14. When Sarah reached sixth grade, horror stories of the coming teenage years began drifting her parents way. The media reinforced this idea, but as Stabiner approached that supposedly stormy time, she found something quite different. Most mothers and daughters got along. Stabiner dug a little deeper, talking with experts who provided instruction ("Even when its difficult, the onus is on the mother to be an adult"); enlightenment ("Ninety-seven percent of girls do not have a diagnosable eating disorder"); and support (conflict is "an incredible compliment to a mother," the safe person in her daughters life). Sarah grows from a child into a teen, mastering sports and navigating friendships, and along the way her mother must learn to adjust her own life. With humor and sharp insight, MY GIRL charts those first years of adolescence.« less
It was a helpful book that confirmed what I knew or felt. If you're wondering if you're doing it right you probably are, but incase you need some confirmation and encouragement this is for you.