A warm and inspiring read for parents, this book explores girls’ emotional and physical development from ages 1 to 16.
Every parent of girls aged between 1 and 16 will enjoy reading this informative and practical book. It focuses on girls’ emotional and physical development, their education, social conditioning and their relationship with parents and siblings.
Psychologist and parenting author Gisela Preuschoff covers everything you need to know about girls from birth to teenage years, in this easy to follow guide which includes examples from real families.
The book includes:
- how girls and boys differ in behaviour and emotions
- nurturing a girl’s self-esteem and reducing fears
- breaking out of the ‘helpless girl’ syndrome
- how society conditions girls – avoiding gender stereotypes in toys etc
- girls’ experiences at preschool, single sex or co-ed
- girls and maths and sciences – and how parents can encourage their daughters
- teen issues and puberty
- the importance of a father’s relationship with his daughter
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‘Read it, even if you have boys.’ Pru Goward, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Gisela Preuschoff is a psychologist and parenting author. Three decades of experience as a family therapist – and as a mother – have given her the wisdom about parenting girls that she brings to this book.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 192 pages. Daughters face unique developmental challenges that parents must understand t o help their girls mature and thrive in today 's world. RAISING GIRLS provides p arents with concrete guidelines, delivered in a distilled and easy-to-read style , for approaching their daughters' upbringing. Author, psychologist, and family therapist Gisela Preuschoff contributes her own trials and errors as a mother in addition to the wisdom attained from decades of professional experience of coun seling families. She explains the key emotional and physical aspects of girls' d evelopment and details ways to form a close parent-daughter bond. Discussions al so include social conditioning, family dynamics, peer relationships, communicati on styles, self-esteem, and education issues relevant to each stage in a girl 's life, from toddler to teen to young woman. RAISING GIRLS will teach parents how to get to know their daughters better, encourage their special talents, and hel p them live healthy! , happy lives. Seller Inventory # 4915ac
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Secondhand, Paperback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Gisela Preuschoff Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 In this straightforward and thought-provoking book, psychologist and parenting author Gisela Preuschoff considers the understandings that parents require to raise girls today In this straightforward and thought-provoking book, psychologist and parenting author Gisela Preuschoff considers the understandings that parents require to raise girls today. The book focusses on girls' emotional and physical development, their education, social conditioning and their relationships with parents and siblings. Raising Girls also discusses the emotional and behavioural differences between girls and boys, and helps parents to gain practical understandings of their daughter from birth through to the teenage years. Raising Girls includes a foreword by Steve Biddulph, who rates this the best book on parenting girls he has seen. Using a warm and conversational approach, similar to Steve Biddulph's Raising Boys, Gisela Preuschoff communicates in an accessible way to parents, injecting her own experiences as a mother. The book also includes stories from the experiences of Australian families. Her advice ranges from birth to late adolescence - and across issues to do with physical and sexual development, girls and learning, parent-child relationships and the daughter's emotional life. Secondhand, Paperback. Seller Inventory # 9781876451592-SECONDHAND
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Softcover. Condition: Good. In this straightforward and thought-provoking book, psychologist and parenting author Gisela Preuschoff considers the understandings that parents require to raise girls today In this straightforward and thought-provoking book, psychologist and parenting author Gisela Preuschoff considers the understandings that parents require to raise girls today. The book focusses on girls' emotional and physical development, their education, social conditioning and their relationships with parents and siblings. Raising Girls also discusses the emotional and behavioural differences between girls and boys, and helps parents to gain practical understandings of their daughter from birth through to the teenage years. Raising Girls includes a foreword by Steve Biddulph, who rates this the best book on parenting girls he has seen. Using a warm and conversational approach, similar to Steve Biddulph's Raising Boys, Gisela Preuschoff communicates in an accessible way to parents, injecting her own experiences as a mother. The book also includes stories from the experiences of Australian families. Her advice ranges from birth to late adolescence - and across issues to do with physical and sexual development, girls and learning, parent-child relationships and the daughter's emotional life. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Parenting; Australia; Parenting & Childcare; ISBN: 1876451599. ISBN/EAN: 9781876451592. Inventory No: 269837. Seller Inventory # 269837
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Raising Girls: Why Girls are Different and How to Help Them Grow Up Happy and Strong This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # 7719-9781876451592
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