Description: Middle school is a time of big, big changes--especially for girls. Written by a teen mental health expert, The Middle School Survival Guide for Girls is packed with empowering tools to help preteen girls adjust to the pressures of middle school--as well as their changing minds and bodies. Using the skills outlined in this book, readers will build the resilience needed to thrive personally, socially, and academically, and gain new understanding of themselves as they face the challenges of middle school and beyond.
Brief description: Lucie Hemmen, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Santa Cruz, CA. For more than twenty years she has worked with teens, their parents, and their communities in programs designed to maximize health and well-being. She is mother of two daughters, and author of Parenting a Teen Girl, The Teen Girl's Survival Guide, and The Teen Girl's Anxiety Survival Guide.
Review Quotes: "This fun and reassuring book offers advice specifically for girls on how to navigate and thrive throughout their middle-grade years. Chapters cover a variety of experiences, from first-day-of-school jitters, puberty, friendships, cyberbullying, developing study skills, healthy habits, handling crushes and dating, consent and setting boundaries, social media safety, peer pressure, vaping, drugs, and drinking. Psychologist O'Sullivan emphasizes that girls need to understand their emotions and identify the values and strengths that are important to them. She offers ways to develop self-esteem and explains the importance of relying on family for support. Checklists, exercises, and activities using journaling will help girls manage different scenarios. Proposing that girls build a support system and write a list of people whom they can count on is just one
notable exercise included. Readers will relate to the real-life experiences shared by their peers. This practical and down-to-earth book is full of useful information that is invaluable in helping girls prepare for their teen years. Includes a disclaimer and references."
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