Parenting Great Girls: Giving Our Daughters the Courage to Live Authentic and Confident Lives

In this engaging and aspirational book about raising confident and independent-minded adolescent girls, educator Jeannie Norris draws on her sixteen years of experience as head of an all-girls independent school to address the issues that challenge today's girls and their parents. With wit and insight she combines stories about her own Midwest upbringing, principles that governed her daily practice, and a discussion of a broad range of contemporary writing about girls and society. After each essay she includes tips and tactics, tried and tested in her work with many parents who were committed to their daughters' healthy growth but often puzzled over what to do next. This is an important collection of ideas that are useful as we guide our daughters to be confident in who they are and to prepare to have influence in the world.