03545cam a2200289 4500 491383101 TxAuBib 20210101120000.0 030322s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781400047925 1400047927 (OCoLC)51899220 IWL IWL JYJ BAKER XY4 OCLCQ XY4 BTCTA YDXCP UV0 OCLCG SINLB OSU UtOrBLW TxAuBib Wiseman, Rosalind, 1969- Queen bees & wannabes : helping your daughter survive cliques, gossip, boyfriends, and other realities of adolescence / Rosalind Wiseman. Queen bees and wannabes. 1st paperback ed. New York : Three Rivers Press, 2002. ix, 336 p. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-327) and index. Cliques and popularity -- Passport from planet parent to girl world: Communication and reconnaissance -- Beauty pageant: Who wants to be Miss Congeniality -- Nasty girls: Teasing, gossip, and reputations -- Power plays: Group dynamics and rites of passage -- Boy world: Judges and the judged -- Girl meets boy: Crushes, matchmaking, and the birth of fruit cup girl -- Pleasing boys, betraying girls: When relationships get more serious -- Parties: Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll -- Getting help. The co-founder of the Empower Program explains how parents can help their teenage daughters deal with cliques, gossip, substance abuse, boys and sex, and other challenges of adolescence, in a guide designed to help girls empower themselves during a tumultuous time of life. The Basis for the Movie, Mean Girls parents can make a difference in a girl's world. Do you feel as though your adolescent daughter exists in a different world, speaking a different language and living by different laws? She does, this groundbreaking book takes you inside the secret world of girls' friendships, translating and decoding them, so parents can better understand and help their daughters navigate through these crucial years. Rosalind Wiseman has spent more than a decade listening to thousands of girls talk about the powerful role cliques play in shaping what they wear and say, how they feel about school, how they respond to boys, and how they feel about themselves. In this candid and insightful book, Wiseman discusses: Queen Bees, Wannabes, Targets, Torn Bystanders, and others: how to tell what role your daughter plays and help her be herself, Girls' power plays, from birthday invitations to cafeteria seating arrangements and illicit parties, and how to handle them, good popularity and bad popularity: how cliques bear on every situation, hip parents, best-friend parents, pushover parents, and others: examine your own parenting style, check your baggage and identify how your own background and biases affect how you relate to your daughter, related movies, books, websites, and organizations: a carefully annotated resources section provides opportunities to follow up on your own and with your daughter. Enlivened with the voices of dozens of girls and parents and a welcome sense of humor, Queen Bees and Wannabes is compelling reading for parents and daughters alike. A conversation piece and a reference guide, it offers the tools you need to help your daughter feel empowered and make smarter choices. 20210101. Teenage girls. Teenage girls. Psychology. Parent and teenager.