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What's Happening to Our Girls: Too Much Too Soon. How Our Kids Are Overstimulated, Oversold and Oversexed

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

What's Happening to Our Girls: Too Much Too Soon. How Our Kids Are Overstimulated, Oversold and Oversexed

Contributors:

By (Author) Maggie Hamilton

ISBN:

9780143010647

Publisher:

Penguin Random House Australia

Imprint:

Penguin Random House Australia

Publication Date:

29th June 2009

Country:

Australia

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Age groups: adolescents
Cultural studies
Social and ethical issues

Dewey:

649

Prizes:

Short-listed for ABIA Australian General Non-fiction Book of the Year 2009

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

304

Dimensions:

Width 131mm, Height 198mm, Spine 24mm

Weight:

284g

Description

Why are girls as young as five years old concerned about their looks and addicted to shopping Why are young teenage girls having sex and binge-drinking, responding to chat-room predators, and bullying their peers via email and text messages Why are depression, cutting and eating disorders on the rise, and why, with so much choice when it comes to careers, do so many just want to marry young and have babies Over two years Maggie Hamilton interviewed girls, teachers, school counsellors, psychologists, and law enforcement and medical personnel to get an insider's view on what girls are experiencing at present, from birth to the teenage years. Informed, revealing, compassionate and at times shocking, What's Happening to Our Girls is a book for parents and all those who want to better understand and support girls.

Author Bio

Author and publisher Maggie Hamilton is passionate about life, ideas, creativity and ancient wisdom. In her spare time she loves to retreat to deserts, cathedrals, temples and other sacred places. It is the insights she has gained there that she shares in A Soft Place to Land. Maggie is a regular media commentator and a keen observer of social trends. Her books have been published in Italy, Holland, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, and include Coming Home- Rediscovering Our Sacred Selves; Love Your Work, Reclaim Your Life; Magic of the Moment; A Soft Place to Land, What Men Don't Talk About, What's Happening to Our Girls and What's Happening to Our Boys

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