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Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
When my cousin Polly was a girl, she was energy in motion. Read the first page
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ignore the idiots, read this book for your daughters' sake.,
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This review is from: Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Paperback)
As the father of two girls, I am very concerned about what they face as they approach middle school. I saw this in a local store and flipped through it for a few minutes and decided it was worth the (money) on the off chance it contained a few worthwhile nuggets that might be helpful. It turns out that this is a very good depiction of the pressures my kids will face in the coming years. It does not offer a cookbook-style solution to the issues. Instead, it points out how some people have been able to meet the challenges and others have failed. The reader is left to simply consider the issues and draw some conclusions about how they can help their girls cope. Having read the book, I must say that I am even more concerned about what my girls face in middle school. However, I think that at least I have some insight as to what goes on there and how the social cliques tear girls down and try to reduce the bright ones to the level of the least common denominator. My girls are very bright and I do not want to see them play stupid to gain fleeting popularity. I also want very badly to have them avoid date rape, drug abuse, eating disorders and other horrors. I read with dismay that several reviewers have given this book one star and have decided that this is the spouting of a man-hating, communist "femi-Nazi." I am fairly certain that these people spend their days listening to Rush Limbaugh and not to their daughters. If they choose to bury their heads in the sand and pretend that none of what Ms. Pipher writes about in this book is relevant to their daughters' lives, I pity the girls. Stupidity is its own reward but it's sad when the children have to suffer too. Grab a copy and read it. Filter what doesn't make sense in your life but at least you will learn a few things about how bad things really are in the middle schools of America.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very insightful,
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This review is from: Reviving Ophelia (Paperback)
This book was a very good read - easy to understand and very interesting. I am a counselling psychology student interested in working with young females. This book offered so many examples on the struggles facing young women as well as the ways in which they can be resilient if the circumstances are right. Although this book was a little outdated, most of Pipher's insights and comparisons were quite accurate and helpful. To be honest, this book was often hard to read in the sense that it makes you wonder why you'd ever want to bring children into such a broken world full of evil and hate. This book broke my heart at points, and it also blessed me to read the stories of those girls who overcame the horrible things that happened to them. I don't imagine that this would be a very enjoyable read for parents, but as a counselling professional, I believe it is quite useful.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still relevant a decade later,
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This review is from: Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Paperback)
When I first read this book five years ago, my daughter was only eleven, on the brink of the age that author Pipher addresses here. At the time, the book was recommended in a circle of mothers as a must-read. Now I am revisiting it as the mother of a sixteen-year old daughter, and I find it just as relevant than I did on first reading. Sure life has changed from its first publication a decade ago, but the stresses of growing up and dealing with the cattiness of adolescent girls is both timeless and universal. Girls hurt - and hurt themselves - in different ways than boys. Pipher does an excellent job demonstrating her points through case studies she has personally encountered during her career as a professional psychologist. By seeing how Pipher helped these troubled girls overcome with their lack of self-esteem and coping mechanisms, parents are given the tools to help their own daughters, hopefully before the problems become too large to be dealt with at home. The warning signs of depression, drug use, sexual activity, eating disorders, and more are outlined within the text, exposing the varied symptoms that take into account the individuality of each girl. The biggest lesson parents should take away from this book is this: these disorders and behaviors can happen to any family, to any child, even the most seemingly obedient and happy. Every girl, no matter how successful socially or academically, suffers during this transition period between childhood and womanhood. The question is always this: How much? I advise parents to read this book before your child enters adolescence so you will be better prepared for this turbulent time. However, if you already have a troubled teen, it's not too late. This book is not a substitute for much needed therapy for the most extreme cases, but it offers parents the comfort of knowing that both they and their daughter are not alone in their struggles.
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