Parenting Teen Girls - by Christina Trujillo Sieren (Paperback)

About the Book

"Parenting a teen girl can keep you on your toes. Girls face a lot of unique struggles, especially these days, and figuring out how to guide them can sometimes be challenging. Enter Parenting Teen Girls. This book includes advice based on positive parenting principles that will help you support and connect with your daughter during this important time in your lives."--Back cover.

Book Synopsis

Raise a resilient daughter with positive parenting

Parenting a teen girl can keep you on your toes. Girls face a lot of unique struggles, especially these days, and figuring out how to guide them can sometimes be challenging. Enter Parenting Teen Girls. This book includes advice based on positive parenting principles that will help you support and connect with your daughter during this important time in your lives.

What sets this book on parenting teens apart from other parenting books:

• Become a positive parent--Learn how to communicate with your daughter, let go of control, and reframe challenges into opportunities for growth and acceptance.
• Learn all about teen girls--Read up on the history of teen girls, and take a look at the challenges teen girls face today so you can understand what your daughter is going through.
• Be an "emotion coach"--Learn how to handle social or behavioral issues by truly understanding their root causes and helping your daughter navigate her feelings.

Learn how to parent in a way that nourishes the relationship between you and your daughter with this book on raising teenage girls.

Review Quotes

"As someone who has worked in the mental health field for years, specifically with teens for the past eight years, I highly recommend this book to all parents or family members who are struggling with an adolescent child. Christina's book will give parents much-needed and timely insight when raising a teen." --Wendy Adamson, CADC II, author of Mother Load

"Calling all parents of teen girls--you need to have this book on hand! Christina's expertise shines through every word, guiding parents through the most difficult topics. Even better, it caters to busy parents as it is concise, well organized, and easy to read." --Hannah Tate-Smith, LMFT

"Christina takes complex topics and presents them in a way that any parent or caregiver can understand. The book is filled with lessons from Christina's decades of clinical expertise with teen girls and families and pulls from relevant research. The Taking a Deeper Look sections offer concrete tips on some of the most pressing questions regarding raising adolescent girls. Christina skillfully tackles the biological, cognitive, social, and emotional contexts girls face in our ever-changing society." --Kou B. Thao, MS, MA, founder & CEO, LIT Consulting (Lead. Inspire. Transform)

"This book is worth it just for the sex! Seriously, in the chapter on how to talk to your teen about all things sex (and the one on drugs and, well, all of the chapters) Christina shares both insights and practical advice that will have you relating to your teen before you can say 'rock and roll'!" --Lynn Dutrow, advisor, mentor, coach, and author of Transform your Inner A**holes (like Anxiety) into Allies

"This is a must-read for anyone who knows and loves a teenage girl. Short and to-the-point, Parenting Teen Girls is packed with information packaged in an easy to digest, conversational style. Christina addresses difficult topics with ease and grace, making it easy for parents to feel both informed and confident. I highly recommend this essential book!" --Samantha C. Sweeney, PhD, private practice psychologist, author of Working With Worry

About the Author

CHRISTINA TRUJILLO SIEREN, LCSW, is a licensed psychotherapist working with high-risk adolescents and families. In 2021, she opened Unapparent Parenting, Inc., where she provides coaching for parents of teens, supporting caregivers to explore and connect with their most authentic self