All That She Can Be: Helping Your Daughter Maintain Her Self-Esteem During the Critical Years of Adol

By Carol Eagle

Book Overview

Through lively discussion, illuminating anecdote, and sample conversation, this uplifting book alerts parents to the particular problems of adolescent girls, describes the wide range of "normal" development for girls ages nine through 17, and discusses ways to address critical issues such as friendship, sexuality and body awareness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671885545
• ISBN13: 9780671885540
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.6"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As a professional working with children and adolescents, I think that Dr. Eagle paints a very rich landscape to better understand the emotional development of adolescent girls. This book helped me to better understand this emotional journey as well as the needs of adolescents as they grow to become young women. An unusually thoughtful and insightful book.

What a fabulous book!

I started this book hoping for some ideas to help me deal with my 2 stepdaughters' venture into adolescence. I love it! The authors' experience, insight into girls' feelings and actions and realistic advice on how parents can help their daughters through this difficult time in their lives are invaluable. It is a definite keeper. (I'm also making my husband read it!)

Essential reading for all parents of pre-teen girls.

This book is easy to read and understand. While on the one hand it made me sad to realize my 8 year old is truly poised on the threshold of a new and difficult phase of life, it gave me insight, as well as some tools to use, to make this next journey easier on both of us. It emphasized how critical the pre-teen years are in establishing a relationship that can not only survive the turbulence of the junior and senior high years, but keep the fires of self-esteem and confidence burning in the face of "growing up." Useful, relevant and comforting, this is perfect reading for parents who worry that their daughters will be anything like they were as pre-teens!