Swimming upstream : parenting girls for resilience in a toxic culture / / Laura H. Choate

• Autore: Choate Laura Hensley
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 649/.133
• Soggetto topico: Girls; Daughters; Parenting; Resilience (Personality trait); Girls - Conduct of life
• Classificazione: FAM000000SOC025000
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Swimming Upstream; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Taking a Tour of Girl World; 1 Appearance, Attention, Accomplishments: Toxic Cultural Expectations for Today's Girls; 2 Girls in Transition: Who Am I?; 3 Vulnerable Girls: Common Mental Health Problems; Part Two: Parenting for Resilience; 4 Resilience Dimension One: Parenting from Your Inner Core; 5 Resilience Dimension Two: Developing a Positive Body Image; 6 Resilience Dimension Three: Cultivating Healthy Relationships; 7 Resilience Dimension Four: Keeping Success in Perspective ; 8 Resilience Dimension Five: Charting My Life Course Conclusions; Recommended Resources; Indexing for SUS
• Sommario/riassunto: A guide to help parents teach their daughters to resist negative cultural messages. Never before have adolescent girls faced so many confusing and contradictory expectations. From a young age, popular culture teaches girls that their worth is based on their appearance, their ability to gain attention, and an ever-increasing accrual of accomplishments. With such unattainable standards, it is no wonder that many girls experience stress, self-doubt, and even mental health problems. Girls struggle to develop an authentic sense of self, even as they attempt to meet a set of impossible cultural
• Titolo autorizzato: Swimming upstream
• ISBN: 0-19-939115-7; 0-19-939114-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797546803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II