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Swimming Upstream Swimming Upstream Parenting Girls for Resilience in a Toxic Culture Laura H. Choate 1 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © Oxford University Press 2016 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. Cataloging-in-Publication data is on file at the Library of Congress ISBN 978–0–19–939113–4 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper Dedicated to my daughter, Abby. May you continue to stay strong and resilient! CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi PART ONE: Taking a Tour of Girl World 1. Appearance, Attention, Accomplishments: Toxic Cultural Expectations for Today’s Girls 3 2. Girls in Transition: Who Am I? 35 3. Vulnerable Girls: Common Mental Health Problems 59 PART TWO: Parenting for Resilience 4. Resilience Dimension One: Parenting from Your Inner Core 99 5. Resilience Dimension Two: Developing a Positive Body Image 137 6. Resilience Dimension Three: Cultivating Healthy Relationships 169 7. Resilience Dimension Four: Keeping Success in Perspective 205 8. Resilience Dimension Five: Charting My Life Course 235 Conclusions 265 Recommended Resources 269 Indexing for SUS 277 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First, as always, I would like to recognize the continued love and support of my husband Michael and my children Benjamin (age 12) and Abby (age 10) as they encouraged me to complete this book. I also thank my parents, Lloyd and Judy Hensley, who offered many prayers, meals, and hours of child care during my long writing days over the past year. I am also deeply grateful for the support of Petra Hendry and Jackie Bach, my writing group members at Louisiana State University (LSU). They encour- aged me to write the book in the first place, read early drafts of the manu- script, and gave me invaluable feedback at every step along the way. In addition, I could have never completed the book without the help of the LSU Counselor Education graduate assistants, especially Shannon Smith, Helen Wilson, Merritt Guercio, Alexandra Ambeau, and Erin Savoy. They didn’t blink an eye when I asked them to conduct massive litera- ture searches or handed them reference lists to create. I was continually impressed with their excellent work and positive attitudes. Finally I would like to thank Dana Bliss and his team at Oxford University Press for their incredible support of this book. I so appreciate both their enthusiasm and professionalism during the publication process. I am fortunate and grate- ful to have had the opportunity to work with an editor who believed in the book from the outset and has remained committed to its successful publication.
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