About this item
New insights and practical solutions for overworked and stressed-out girls and their parents. In todays achievement culture, many girls seem to be doing remarkably well--excelling in honors and sports and attending top colleges in ever greater numbers--but beneath the surface, girls are stressed out and stretched too thin as they strive to be perfect. In their efforts to juggle schoolwork and extracurriculars, family life and social lives, friends and frenemies, as well as relationships online and IRL in the real world, many girls begin to lose sight of who they really are, and instead work overtime to please their friends, parents, teachers, and others.The Myth of the Perfect Girl explores the changing dynamic of todays culture of perfectionism, and offers practical, thoughtful solutions to promote the healthy social, emotional, physical and spiritual wellness of todays young girls and women.
About the Author
Ana Homayoun is a noted teen and millennial expert, author, speaker and educator whose third book, Social Media Wellness: Helping Tween and Teens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World, will be published in August 2017. She is the founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, a Silicon Valley-based educational consulting firm.
Her first book, That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life, quickly became a classic among parents and educators. Her next book, The Myth of the Perfect Girl: Helping Our Daughters Find Authentic Success and Happiness in School and Life, explores the real-life dilemmas of young women today and provides strategies for finding authentic success and happiness.
Her work has been featured in the NYTimes, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, SF Chronicle, Pacific Standard Magazine, ABC News, New York Post, among others, and she is a frequent guest on NPR.For more information, please visit: www.anahomayoun.com or www.greenivyed.com.
