Self Esteem For Girls: 100 Tips for Raising Happy and Confident Children

Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

Aug 2010 · Random House

About this eBook

Self-Esteem for Girls is an essential guide for helping parents and teachers support girls through the difficulties of growing up. Self-esteem is what every parent wishes their daughter to have. It is her passport to a happier, more fulfilled life. The quiet confidence that self-respect gives to girls ensures that they learn to learn, play, love and communicate better. This practical book explains when difficult stages are likely to occur in girls' lives, and suggests how parents and teachers can handle them in ways that will build confidence and promote self-esteem. Elizabeth Harley-Brewer shows how to:

- Understand the challenges and opportunities that girls face today
- Help girls develop the inner strength to cope with the demands of school, friends and society
- Manage girls' behaviour in a way that preserves and promotes their self-esteem
- Respond sensitively when girls suffer setbacks

About the author

Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer is the author of two parenting skills programmes and four bestselling practical books on parenting; all of which are published in the USA. She is a freelance journalist and writer in the UK, writing for leading national newspapers such as the London Times (Parents page), The Independent (education features), the Observer (comment and focus pieces on social policy) and the Daily Telegraph (education). She has also contributed seminar papers on various aspects of children's mental health and learning to London University's Institute of Education and the Institute for Public Policy Research, a leading UK think tank.