num_pages: 304
description: Why are adolescent girls prone to depression, eating disorders, addictions and suicide attempts than ever before? Mary Pipher believes adolescence is an especially precarious time for girls, a time when the fearless, outgoing child is replaced by an unhappy and insecure teenager. Her view is that for the most part it is our look-obsessed, media-saturated, 'girl-poisoning' culture - and not parents - which is to blame. Despite the advances of feminism, escalating levels of sexism and violence cause girls to stifle their creative spirit and natural impulses, which, ultimately, destroys their self-esteem. Yet it is often their families that are blamed. Here, for the first time, are the girls unmuted voices. By laying bare their harsh day-to-day reality, "Reviving Ophelia" offers parents compassion, strength and strategies with which to revive these Ophelias' lost sense of self.
language: English
title: Reviving Ophelia: Helping You to Understand and Cope with Your Teenage Daughter
titlecomplete: Reviving Ophelia: Helping You to Understand and Cope with Your Teenage Daughter
genres: Gender, Mental Health, Psychology, Nonfiction, Education, Womens, Feminism, Self Help, Parenting, Sociology
ratings_count: 25964
publisher: Vintage/Ebury (a Division of R