Girls: What's So Bad about Being Good?: How to Have Fun, Survive the Preteen Yea

by Harriet S. Mosatche

A body that is changing before everyone's eyes, increased amounts of schoolwork, boys, other girls, parents -- life as a middle-school girl is difficult at best and often is, in fact, an absolutely overwhelming time in a girl's What's So Bad About Being Good? is a lifesaver for girls facing the daily crises that being a young, female adolescent invariably brings. This book helps preteens and younger teens confront and solve common problems and empowers them to build their self-esteem and free their minds to dream. Readers will find emotional support and practical expert help for a number of key issues in their lives, such as how

-- Develop a positive self-image

-- Cultivate healthy relationships with parents, friends, and boys

-- Deal with peer pressure, bullies, brats, and violence

-- Turn dreams into reality

With contributions from Liz and Rob Lawner, the author's 12-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son, this book features advice and firsthand observations from those living the preteen and younger teen life.

Hardcover

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

An experienced researcher, award-winning author, and creative program and curriculum developer, Dr. Mosatche holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology. She provides expert advice on television, radio, and the Internet and in books, magazines, and newspapers and offers interactive workshops around the country.

Previously a tenured college professor, psychology department chair, and Girl Scouts of the USA vice-president, Dr. Mosatche co-directed research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation and presented her research results at conferences and in national and international journals and magazines. She has served as an external reviewer of government grant proposals and developed a wide range of national programs, from media and financial literacy to science and the environment.

Her numerous honors and awards range from a New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce Woman of Excellence Award in the Business/Professional category to Mother of the Month on the iparenting.com site. Her biographical profile appears in Marquis' Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, and many other reference books. She serves on the American Bar Association Advisory Commission on Public Education and Commission for Youth at Risk.

Reviews

[Nadia Azka · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite book all the time. This book helps me when during my teenage life. I make sure my future daughter will read this hehehe.