Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

Author: Lisa Damour
Desc: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Lisa Damour Ph.D. director of the internationally renowned Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls pulls back the curtain on the teenage years and shows why your daughter’s erratic and confusing behavior is actually healthy necessary and natural. Untangled explains what’s going on prepares parents for what’s to come and lets them know when it’s time to worry. In this sane highly engaging and informed guide for parents of daughters Dr. Damour draws on decades of experience and the latest research to reveal the seven distinct—and absolutely normal—developmental transitions that turn girls into grown-ups including Parting with Childhood Contending with Adult Authority Entering the Romantic World and Caring for Herself. Providing realistic scenarios and welcome advice on how to engage daughters in smart constructive ways Untangled gives parents a broad framework for understanding their daughters while addressing their most common questions including • My thirteen-year-old rolls her eyes when I try to talk to her and only does it more when I get angry with her about it. How should I respond? • Do I tell my teen daughter that I’m checking her phone? • My daughter suffers from test anxiety. What can I do to help her? • Where’s the line between healthy eating and having an eating disorder? • My teenage daughter wants to know why I’m against pot when it’s legal in some states. What should I say? • My daughter’s friend is cutting herself. Do I call the girl’s mother to let her know? Perhaps most important Untangled helps mothers and fathers understand connect and grow with their daughters. When parents know what makes their daughter tick they can embrace and enjoy the challenge of raising a healthy happy young woman. Praise for Untangled “Finally there’s some good news for puzzled parents of adolescent girls and psychologist Lisa Damour is the bearer of that happy news. [Untangled] is the most down-to-earth readable parenting book I’ve come across in a long time.”—The Washington Post “Anna Freud wrote in 1958 ‘There are few situations in life which are more difficult to cope with than an adolescent son or daughter during the attempt to liberate themselves.’ In the intervening decades the transition doesn’t appear to have gotten any easier which makes Untangled such a welcome new resource.”—The Boston Globe “Damour offers a hopeful helpful new way for parents to talk about—and with—teenage girls. . . . Parents will want this book on their shelves next to established classics of the genre.”—Publishers Weekly “For years people have been asking me for the ‘girl equivalent of Raising Cain ’ and I haven't known exactly what to recommend. Now I do.”—Michael Thompson Ph.D. co-author of Raising Cain “An essential guide to understanding and supporting girls throughout their development. It’s obvious that Dr. Damour ‘gets’ girls and understands the best way for any adult to help them navigate the common yet difficult challenges so many girls face.”—Rosalind Wiseman author of Queen Bees & Wannabes “A gem. From the moment I read the last page I’ve been recommending it to my clients (including those with sons!) and colleagues and using it as a refreshing guide in my own work with teenagers and their parents.”—Wendy Mogel Ph.D. author of The Blessing of a Skinned Knee