Recommended Reading

List of 4 frequently asked questions.

• Empowering Girls

  • Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls by Lisa Damour
  • Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls through the Seven Transitions to Adulthood by Lisa Damour
  • The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence by Rachel Simmons
  • Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons
  • Enough As She Is: How to Help Girls Move Beyond Impossible Standards of Success to Live Healthy, Happy, and Fulfilling Lives by Rachel Simmons

  
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  • How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming 
  • To solve the world’s biggest problems invest in women and girls

• Parenting

  • Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown
  • How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims
  • iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood by Jean M. Twenge, PhD

  
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  • Teach girls bravery not perfection

• Leadership

  • How Girls Achieve by Sally A. Nuamah
  • Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
  • Venture Girls: Raising Girls to Be Tomorrow’s Leaders by Cristal Glangchai, PhD
  • Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

  
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  • The power of introverts

• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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  • The danger of a single story “Possibly one of my top three favorite all-time Ted Talks!,” Sherrie Singer
  • Color blind or color brave
  • Why we have too few women leaders