Ophelia's mom
Subtitle: women speak out about loving and letting go of their adolescent daughters
By: Nina Shandler ; foreword by Sara Shandler
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780609608869
Subjects: Teenage girls; Mothers; Family relationships; Parent and teenager; Mothers and daughters; Psychology
Description: Mothers of adolescent girls speak out on the challenges, frustrations, and concerns of dealing with teenagers, discussing such topics as love and sex, friends, drugs and alcohol, and changes in their daughters' and their own lives.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Sara Shandler; title: Backstage moms (A supporting role; title: In the wings); title: Into adolescent territory (Blood and tears; title: Mirror images : hormones, body shapes, and skin conditions; title: Frozen affections; title: Passing storms; title: Limits of power); title: Disarmed bodyguards (The culture of school; title: The influence of friends; title: The quest for love; title: Sex : the carnal consequences; title: The lure of intoxication : Alcohol and drugs; title: The edges of emotion : depression and eating disorders; title: Minding the body : illness and disease); title: Tied in family knots (Fathers and husbands; title: Daughters and sisters; title: Broken homes; title: Legacies : from generation to generation); title: Transitions and transformations (Holding on to values; title: Pushed into self-discovery); title: Into the limelight (On to a new stage).