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All Girls by Karen Stabiner7/5/2023 ![]() The world was full of daughters who were sick of being told how wretched they were and mothers who found that the passage to adolescence was both exciting and enjoyable-despite the inevitable conflicts. But as Stabiner approached that supposedly stormy time, she found something quite different. ![]() The media reinforced the idea of mothers and daughters as adversaries, and the fashion industry promoted styles that fairly guaranteed a battle. When Sarah reached sixth grade, horror stories about the coming teenage years began drifting her parents' way. In My Girl, Karen Stabiner tells the story of one girl's journey into adolescence, and of her own efforts to find a way to guide her daughter through life's real thickets-not the scary but rare ones we hear so much about. ![]() Most girls are not destined for depression, eating disorders, low self-esteem, and raging fights with their parents-that's just a very noisy minority. Here's a radical concept: Most girls are happy, and so are their mothers. ![]()
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