Cinderella ate my daughter dispatches from the front lines of the new girlie-girl culture
The author explores her own conflicting feelings as a mother as she protects her offspring and probes the roots and tendrils of the girlie-girl movement and concludes that parents who think through their values early on and set reasonable limits, encourage dialogue and skepticism, and are canny abou...
| Main Author: | Orenstein, Peggy. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
HarperCollins,
c2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
The author explores her own conflicting feelings as a mother as she protects her offspring and probes the roots and tendrils of the girlie-girl movement and concludes that parents who think through their values early on and set reasonable limits, encourage dialogue and skepticism, and are canny about the consumer culture can combat the 24/7 "media machine" aimed at girls and hold off the focus on beauty, materialism, and the color pink somewhat. |
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| Physical Description: |
viii, 244 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-230) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780061711527 0061711527 |