Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

from Marlis

This book is really insightful and easy to relate to- I am so happy I purchased it. Having been a teenage girl myself many years ago, I can totally see the how and why of my daughter's behavior as well as my own at that time in my life. The book clearly lays out the teenage mentality and explains...

from whoizme8

This is a monster book for teens, parents of teens, those who are going to deal with teens, etc...Dr. Damour has done us a great service by breaking down the various transitions that our teen girls go through. Even a parent of a boy will benefit greatly from reading this book. I really enjoyed re...

from Katyefk

I found this book to be fascinating and I have recommended it to several friends with preteen and teen girls in their families. I only wish I would have been raised with the brilliant insights and effective communications strategies that are outlined here. I did some serious reflecting on how I t...

from rivkat

Useful book-at least, I hope so, though I'm not quite there yet with my daughter. "[G]irls' bodies part with childhood at a moment girls don't select and may not like" and advances at a speed they can't control-that did seem familiar. Damour suggests that teens don't ignore rules; they just think...

from BetsyKipnis

"Untangled" features seven strands of development which adolescent and teen girls should progress through to become healthy adult women. HOWEVER, this work is fraught with organizational problems. The seven strands, initially put forth by Anna Freud, get knotted up in way too much case study cita...