The aim of this handbook is to guide parents and the professionals who work with them in raising happy, well-adjusted girls. Contributors to the book have backgrounds in medicine, teaching and female health, and have firsthand experience of the joys and problems of bringing up daughters. Issues such as infant development, toddler tantrums, sibling rivalry and bullying are explored first. The book then goes on to examine the complexities of teenage development, including anorexia and bulimia, body piercing and tattoos, divorce and single-parenting, the role of sex, the use of drugs and how to cope with teenage pregnancy. In recognizing the need for modern parents to be well-informed, this work addresses the real challenges of bringing up a daughter in the 21st century.
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