Dear Parents,

This web site is designed to both entertain and educate your daughters ages 9-to-14. As girls once ourselves, we remember the awkwardness of being the tallest person in our class, the agony of our first crush and the anxiety and embarrassment of our first period. As mothers of daughters we understand that, if anything growing up today is even more difficult. Now there are the additional stresses of the media demanding them to be thin, thin, thin as well as beautiful, the fear of AIDS, and the expectation that they will not only become perfect homemakers but have brilliant careers as well. Alarming numbers of young girls today become anorexic, chronically depressed or cut and burn themselves, things we scarcely knew anything about.

All the experts say that keeping the lines of communication open is key to raising a healthy child. It is therefore important to be prepared for questions that will inevitably come up. At the bottom of this page, you will find some recommendations of books and other web sites to help with this. And of course, please take a look at our site. We feel that the entire site is age appropriate, but as values and morals differ from family to family, you should approve of it before allowing your daughters, especially the younger ones,to view it. We feel certain that girls will enjoy it and feel a little less alone in the exciting but arduous process of growing up. Our goal is that this site will make the transition from girl to young woman easier and more fun.

We also welcome your feedback and suggestions. Please e-mail us at GirlT1911@aol.com

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Recommended Books:

1. Celebrating Girls: Nuturing and Empowering Our daughters, by Virginia Beane Rutter

2. Great Books for Girls, by Kathleen Odean

3. In a Different Voice, by Carol Gilligan

4. Little Girls in Pretty Boxes, by Joan Ryan

5. Meeting at the Crossroads: Women's Psychology and Girls' Developement, by Lyn Mikel Brown & Carol Gilligan

6. The Mother-Daughter Book Club, by Shireen Dodson

7. Reviving Ophelia, by Mary Pipher, Ph. D.

8. School Girls: Young Women Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap, By Peggy Orenstein

9. Uncommon Sense for Parents With Teenagers, by Michael Riera

Recommended Sites:

Children Now, Talking to Kids about Tough Issues, including AIDS, Sex and Sexuality, Violence, and Drugs and Alcohol.

AACAP (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry) Facts For Families. All kinds of advice on parenting.

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