{"product_id":"packaging-girlhood-rescuing-our-daughters-from-marketers-schemes-9780312370053","title":"Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Books for a Better Life Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery parent who cares about empowering her daughter should own a copy.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Rachel Simmons, author of \u003ci\u003eOdd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e..\".a must-read for parents and teachers who want to steer girls away from marketing schemes that distort female power and authority and toward true self-acceptance and authentic empowerment.\" \u003cbr\u003e-- Polly Young Eisendrath, author of \u003ci\u003eWomen and Desire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe image of girls and girlhood that is being packaged and sold to your daughter isn't pretty in pink. It is stereotypical, demeaning, limiting, and alarming. Girls are besieged by images in the media that encourage accessorizing over academics; sex appeal over sports; fashion over friendship.\u003cbr\u003ePackaging Girlhood exposes these stereotypes and gives you guidance on how to talk with your daughters about these negative images and provides you with tools and information on how to help your girls make more positive choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tour de force of excellent scholarship put in a very readable context and chockfull of practical suggestions for parents for change \"\u003cbr\u003e-- William S. Pollack, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eReal Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown have that rare gift of translating cutting-edge research and analysis into strategies and information that every parent (and every girl) can use in daily life.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Joe Kelly, president of Dads and Daughters (DADs)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"With compassion, insight, and humor  Lamb and Brown] unravel and demystify the messages girls confront throughout their development, and they offer adults useful tools to help girls resist their powerful pull.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Lynn M. Phillips, Ph.D., Department of Communications, University of Massachusetts, Amherst\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown's sharp analysis and patiently pragmatic advice is just what we need to sustain our daughter's quests for healthy identities.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Michael Kimmel, author Manhood in America, Professor, SUNY Stony Brook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon Lamb, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Girls, \u003c\/i\u003e is professor of Psychology at Saint Michael's College in Vermont. Her research on girls' and teens' development is widely cited. Additionally, she listens to their struggles and strengths in her private practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyn Mikel Brown\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Education at Colby College in Maine, is the author of three books on girls' development, including \u003ci\u003eMeeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Development\u003c\/i\u003e (with Carol Gilligan). She creates programs for girls at her nonprofit Hardy Girls Healthy Women (www.hghw.org).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312370053\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Sharon Lamb, Lyn Mikel Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38016447348917,"sku":"9780312370053","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_80a21a4e-9de1-4aab-ba8d-c06b1ae30a47.jpg?v=1609159439","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/packaging-girlhood-rescuing-our-daughters-from-marketers-schemes-9780312370053","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}