You Grow Girl! is a balanced, integrated workbook addressing all the core issues most girls 9-16 struggle with every day. It helps them see and utilize the connection between their self esteem, thought patterns, eating habits, and overall health-to establish a balanced, integrated perspective that fosters good habits to serve for a lifetime. Interactive sections on weight/size/food issues, coping with stress, culture and peer pressures, deceptive media/Internet images, exercise, and mindfulness.
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A solid gift choice for any tween girl 0
A useful book in many respects, but sometimes disappointing I would have given this book 4 stars, if the author had not labeled girls who have trouble coping with anxiety as “Drama Queens”: for example, “When a person is overweight, they (grammar?) may be sad and feel like a failure. A Drama Queen will feel bad and let that feeling take over.” Since this book is supposed to be a self-esteem builder for girls, and will undoubtedly be given to many girls with eating disorders or anxiety issues, it is puzzling that the author would resort to name-calling…