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    Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
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    Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls
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    Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls

    Written by Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

    Narrated by Lisa Damour, Ph.D.

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    About this audiobook

    An urgently needed guide to the alarming increase in anxiety and stress experienced by girls from elementary school through college, from the New York Times best-selling author of Untangled.

    Though anxiety has risen among young people overall, studies confirm it has skyrocketed in girls. Research finds that the number of girls who said they often felt nervous, worried, or fearful jumped 55 percent from 2009 to 2014, while the comparable number for adolescent boys has remained unchanged. As a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with girls, Lisa Damour, PhD, has witnessed this rising tide of stress and anxiety in her own research, in private practice, and in the all-girls school where she consults. She knew this had to be the topic of her new audiobook.

    In the engaging, anecdotal style and reassuring tone that won over thousands of listeners and readers of her first book, Untangled, Damour starts by addressing the facts about psychological pressure. She explains the surprising and underappreciated value of stress and anxiety: that stress can helpfully stretch us beyond our comfort zones and anxiety can play a key role in keeping girls safe. When we emphasize the benefits of stress and anxiety, we can help our daughters take them in stride.

    But no parents want their daughter to suffer from emotional overload, so Damour then turns to the many facets of girls’ lives where tension takes hold: their interactions at home, pressures at school, social anxiety among other girls and among boys, and their lives online. As listeners move through the layers of girls’ lives, they’ll learn about the critical steps that adults can take to shield their daughters from the toxic pressures to which our culture — including we, as parents — subjects girls.

    Listeners who know Damour from Untangled>I or the New York Times, or from her regular appearances on CBS News, will be drawn to this important new contribution to understanding and supporting today’s girls.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 12, 2019
    ISBN9781984845962
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      As the father of two girls (10 and 14) this book provided me great understanding and tools to support our girls while growing and facing the challenges of adolescence in this social media and social norm/standards era.