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Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Resource Type

Book - Parent

Description

"...Reviving Ophelia is a call to arms from Dr. Mary Pipher, a psychologist who has worked with teenagers for more than a decade. She finds that in spite of the women's movement, which has empowered adult women in some ways, teenage girls today are having a harder time than ever before because of higher levels of violence and sexism. The current crises of adolescence - frequent suicide attempts, dropping out of school and running away from home, teenage pregnancies in unprecedented numbers, and an epidemic of eating disorders - are caused not so much by "dysfunctional families" or incorrect messages from parents as by our media-saturated, lookist, girl-destroying culture. ..." -From the Publisher

Ages

13 years - 18 years.

ISBN

0345392825

Author

Mary B Pipher

Publication

1995 Ballantine Books

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