Parent like it matters : how to raise joyful, change-making girls / Janice Johnson Dias, PhD.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984819628
- ISBN: 1984819623
- Physical Description: xxix, 223 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / by Jacqueline Woodson -- Introduction -- Who is your girl?. A look in the mirror ; A spirit of joy ; Cultivating gratitude ; Teaching her to celebrate herself -- Who are you?. What is your story? ; Learn your ACEs -- What is her world?. Building her context and valuing heritage ; Freely offer your critique ; Don't let her be the only ; Build her a safety net -- Change-maker. Encourage her curiosity and awaken her imagination ; Create a space to hear her voice ; Cultivate her passions ; Why we lift as we climb ; Ignite social action -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: living the guiding philosophies -- Appendix B: supercamp assessment -- Appendix C: project reciprocity. |
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Subject: | Parenting. Girls > Psychology. Parent and child > Psychological aspects. |
Available copies
- 6 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Kansas City Public Library | 306.874 DIAS 2021 (Text) | 0001002439550 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Library Journal Review
Parent Like It Matters : How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls
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Professor, scholar, and leader of the GrassROOTS Community Foundation SuperCamp for Girls, Johnson Dias's goal is to show girls that their potential is greater than their personal circumstances. Parents are the chief resource in coaching daughters to dream big and live out their ambitions. The SuperCamp's goal is to create a sense of adventure and persistent spirit in girls in an environment where they feel safe and secure. Understanding their family and culture gives adolescents a secure baseline to help them understand and appreciate their self-worth. To matter is a universal human need, and both parent and child benefit from the process and the outcome of raising girls who are critical thinkers and change-makers. While exploring some of the values taught at SuperCamp and how they can be applied in parenting, the author also includes assignments that build values such as make a mirror with your daughter that reflects her and cover the frame with adjectives that describe her; add a volunteering activity to your calendar each month (ideas provided); and make a profile list of the ideal friend. VERDICT This recommended title has insights and practical tips for raising change-making girls.
Publishers Weekly Review
Parent Like It Matters : How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls
Publishers Weekly
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"Raising a child demands imagination and flexibility," advises sociologist Johnson Dias (Affirming Beauty) in this empowering guide to finding the joy in raising daughters. In four parts ("Who is Your Girl?"; "Who Are You?"; "What is Her World?"; and "Change-Maker") the author presents a program for "raising self-realized girls," sharing research by psychologists and pediatricians along the way. In order to help girls become confident agents of change, Johnson Dias writes, parents must help their children determine "who they will be" and cut through cultural conceptions about what girls can be. Assignments appear throughout, such as "make a mirror that reflects your girl," in which a child and her parents write adjectives on a mirror as a "reminder of who she really is." She also suggests helping fuel girls' imaginations by letting children make their own decisions about the kinds of books they want to read. Along with her tips, the author weaves her story as a mother of a teenage daughter who is also an activist and writer. Johnson Dias's forthright advice successfully calls upon parents to join their girls in creating the changes they wish to see. Her wide-ranging guidance shouldn't be missed. Agent: Regula Noetzli, Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency. (Mar.)