Links & Books

Sex

• Advocates for Youth
• Center for Young Women’s Health
• Children Now
• Girlology
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
• Planned Parenthood
• Power2Talk
• Scarleteen
• Sex, Etc.
• StayTeen.org
• Talk About Sex
• Talking with Teens
• Teen Talk Sexuality Education

• The Secret Lives of Teenage Girls by Evelyn Resh, CNM, MPH
• Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens-From Middle School to High School and Beyond by Debra Hafner
• Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask): The Secrets to Surviving Your Child’s Sexual Development From Birth to the Teens by Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster
• Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex by Deborah Roffman
• Ten Talks Parents Must Have With Their Children About Sex and Character by Pepper Schwartz and Dominci Cappello
• Beyond the Birds and the Bees: Fostering Your Child’s Healthy Sexual Development in Today’s World by Beverly Engel

Body Image & Self-Esteem

• Dove Self-Esteem Toolkit & Resources
• The Emily Program
• Girls and Their Bodies: PBS Parents
• NYU Child Study Center
• Dr. Robyn Silverman
• TeenGrowth.com
• TeensHealth
• Weightless

• You’d Be So Pretty If… by Dara Chadwick
• Don’t Give It Away! by Iyanla Vanzant
• Good Girls Don’t Get Fat: How Weight Obsession is Messing Up Our Girls and How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It by Robyn Silverman
• I’m, Like, SO Fat!: Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World by Dianne Neumark-Sztainer

Girl Friendships/Relational Aggression

• Bullies to Buddies
• girlshealth.gov
• Rachel Simmons
• Relational Aggression
• Rosalind Wiseman
• TeachersAndFamilies
• WiredSafety

• Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons
• Odd Girls Speaks Out by Rachel Simmons
• Queen Bees & Wannabees by Rosalind Wiseman
• Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying by Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D.

Eating Disorders

• Helpguide
• MayoClinic.com
• National Eating Disorders Association
• Shannon Cutts
• Something Fishy

• All books by Geneen Roth
• Overcoming Overeating by Jane Hirschmann & Carol Munter
• Brave Girl Eating by Harriet Brown
• Beating Ana: How to Outsmart Your Eating Disorder & Take Your Life Back by Shannon Cutts

Depression & Suicide

• About Teen Depression
• Helpguide
• KidsHealth
• LoveToKnow
• Palo Alto Medical Foundation
• Teen Suicide.us

Brain Development

• The Gurian Institute
• National Institute of Mental Health

General

• Girl Scouts
• Girls Empowerment Network
• Girls Inc. Online

• The Secret Lives of Teenage Girls by Evelyn Resh, CNM, MPH
• The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today’s Pressures and Conflicting Expectations by Stephen Hinshaw, PH.D.
• Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher, Ph.D.
• Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters by Joann Deak

Media

• Shaping Youth

• So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids by Diane E. Levin, Ph.D., and Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D.