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Resources for Parents of Girls
The following Web sites, books and research studies contain insightful information on parenting girls.
Web sites
Advocates for Youth
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/
Beacon Street Girls
http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com/
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
http://www.commercialexploitation.org/
Children Now
http://www.childrennow.org/issues/media/
Common Sense Media
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Dads and Daughters
http://www.dadsanddaughters.org/
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/
Girls for a Change
http://www.girlsforachange.org/
Girls Inc.
http://www.girlsinc.org/
Girls Leadership Institute
http://www.girlsleadership.org/
Girl Zone
http://www.girlzone.com/
Girls on the Run
http://www.girlsontherun.org/
Go Girls Music
http://www.gogirlsmusic.com/
Hardy Girls, Healthy Women
http://www.hardygirlshealthywomen.org
Listen Up
http://www.listenup.org/
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport
http://www.aahperd.org/nagws/
National Organization of Women
http://www.now.org/
New Moon Girl Media
http://www.newmoongirlmedia.com/home/index.html
Playful Parenting
http://www.playfulparenting.com/
Teen Ink
http://www.teenink.com/
Zoey’s Room
http://www.zoeysroom.com/
Books
These books were authored by our experts and used in resources for this Web site.
Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D.
Girlfighting
View a preview of this book at Amazon.com
Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., and Sharon Lamb, Ed.D.
Packaging Girlhood
http://www.packaginggirlhood.com/
Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D., and Carol Gilligan, Ph.D.
Meeting at the Crossroads
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/BROMEE.html
Lawrence Cohen, Ph.D.
Playful Parenting
http://www.playfulparenting.com/
JoAnn Deak, Ph.D.
Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters
How Girls Thrive
http://www.deakgroup.com/deak/girlswillbegirls.html
Diane Levin, Ph.D.
So Sexy, So Soon
Remote Control Childhood: Combating the Hazards of Media Culture
What Every Parent and Teacher Needs to Know
Teaching Young Children in Violent Times
http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/articles/4thsummit/levin.htm
Susan Linn, Ed.D.
Consuming Kids
http://www.consumingkids.com/
Rachel Simmons
Odd Girl Out
http://www.rachelsimmons.com/
Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D.
Full of Ourselves: A Wellness Program Advancing Girl Power, Health and Leadership
http://www.catherinesteineradair.com/book.html
Michael Thompson, Ph.D., and Lawrence Cohen, Ph.D.
Best Friends, Worst Enemies
Mom, They’re Teasing Me
http://www.enotalone.com/authors.php?aid=465
Studies
American Psychological Association
Report on the APA Task Force on Sexualization of Girls
http://www.apa.org/pi/wpo/sexualization.html
Kaiser Family Foundation
Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds
http://www.kff.org/entmedia/entmedia030905pkg.cfm
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Gender Stereotypes: An Analysis of Popular Films and TV
http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/research.php