RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

Tweens

Cyberbullying: What Is Cyberbullying and How to Stop It

Cyberbullying affects countless teens and adolescents. A 2015 random sample study of 11-15 year olds in the Midwest found that over 34% reported being the victim of cyberbullying in their lifetime. Other studies have found that 1 in 4 teens have been cyberbullied. Victims of cyberbullying are much more likely to use alcohol and drugs, avoid school and have poor grades, experience depression and low self-esteem, and may even contemplate suicide. Read More…

Flygirl

(as recommended by Mighty Girl)
All Ida Mae Jones wants to do is fly. Her daddy was a pilot, and years after his death she feels closest to him when she’s in the air. But as a young black woman in 1940s Louisiana, she knows the sky is off limits to her, until America enters World War II, and the Army forms the WASP, Women Airforce Service Pilots. Ida has a chance to fulfill her dream if she is willing to use her light skin to pass as a white girl. Read More…

Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World

(as recommended by Mighty Girl)
A definitive sourcebook of folktales and fairy tales and the first of its kind to feature a variety of multicultural heroines. Dismayed by the predominance of male protagonists in her daughters’ books, Kathleen Ragan set out to collect the stories of our forgotten heroines: courageous mothers, clever young girls, and warrior women who save villages from monsters, rule wisely over kingdoms, and outwit judges, kings, and tigers. Read More…

Handbook for Dragon Slayers

(as recommended by Common Sense media)
Parents need to know that Handbook for Dragon Slayers is a fast-moving, exciting tale set in the Middle Ages. It includes some scary stuff — the teens who are the main characters face dangers from murderous knights to supernatural apparitions. Read More…

Real Women Have Curves

(as recommended by Mighty Girl)
Should Ana leave home, go to college and experience life? Or stay home, get married, and keep working in her sister’s struggling garment factory? It may seem like an easy decision, but for 18 year-old Ana, every choice she makes this summer will change her life. Read More…

New Moon Girls Online

(as recommended by Common Sense Media)
Parents need to know that this site is a sister spin-off from the award-winning magazine New Moon Girls, aimed at tweens and teen girls. Content is written by girls and is mostly about girls’ and women’s issues, creativity, and accomplishments. Read More…

Iron Jawed Angels

(as recommended by Mighty Girl)
Oscar-winner Hilary Swank stars in a fresh and contemporary look at a pivotal event in American history, telling the true story of how Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, a pair of defiant and brilliant young activists, took the women’s suffrage movement by storm in the 1910s, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote. Read More…

Princess Free Zone

It’s a socially-conscious brand for young girls age 4 -12 that provides an alternative to pink, princess, and lace. The designs include various motifs that emphasize things like building skills, science and sports that are currently lacking in standard department stores and retail outlets. Read More…