Books

    Trust Me, Mom, Everyone Else Is Going! by Roni Cohen-Sandler (Understanding and surviving the social life of your teenage daughter)

    The Nature Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do, by Judith Rich Harris

    Unwrapped: Real Questions Asked by Real Girls, by Gina Guddat

    Girl Wars: 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying, by Cheryl Dellasega and Charisse Nixon

    No Room for Bullies: From the Classroom to Cyberspace Teaching Respect, Stopping Abuse, and Rewarding Kindness, by Jose Bolton and Stan Graeve

    A Parent's Guide to Building Resilience in Children and Teens by Kenneth R. Ginsburg, M.D., M.S. Ed, F.A.A.P., and Martha M. Jablow

    Less Stress, More Success: A New Approach to Guiding Your Teen Through College Admissions and Beyond, by Kenneth R. Ginsburg, M.D., M.S. Ed, F.A.A.P., and Marilee Jones

    Caring for Your Teenager, by the American Academy of Pediatrics, Donald E. Greydanus, M.D., F.A.A.P., Editor-in-Chief and Philip Bashe

    Your Adolescent, by David Pruitt, M.D.

    The Inside Story on Teen Girls, by Karen Zager, Ph.D., and Alice Rubenstein, Ed.D.

    Good Magazine Choices for Teen Girls

    Seventeen

    Teen Ink (written by teens)

    Next Step: Your Life after High School

    Girl's Life

    Web sites for Parents

  • iParenting

  • American Academy of Pediatrics

  • American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

  • About.com Raising Adolescents

  • Family Education: Parenting Teens

  • KidsHealth

  • Parenting Teen Drivers: Teen driving contract and information on teen driving.

    Web sites for Teen Girls

  • Empowering Young Women: A cornucopia of wonderful Web sites for girls

  • Girls Health: Education for young teen girls from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources.

  • Teenwire: Sex and sexuality by Planned Parenthood.

  • The Ophelia Project: Catalyst for positive relationships.

  • Do Something: Dedicated to teen volunteerism and to helping teens start and maintain community service projects.

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