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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/
Rachel Simmons
www.rachelsimmons.com
Rosalind Wiseman
www.rosalindwiseman.com
Tween Parent
www.tweenparent.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