Resources
TOOLS
This quiz is adapted from an American Girl book called, A Smart Girl’s Guide to Friendship Troubles, which I really love and highly recommend you get. Take the quiz now!
Girls! We created this quiz to help you get a sense of how healthy your relationship is with YOU because this is the foundation for building healthy relationships with anyone else. Take it now and see how you score! (Adult women can take it, too. Just change the word ‘girls’ to ‘women’ and ‘boys’ to men in #13 and the words ‘in class’ to ‘at work’ in #19.)
Take the ‘My Relationship with Me’ Quiz
BOOKS
The Seven Sacred Rites of Menarche: The Spiritual Journey of the Adolescent Girl by Kristi Meisenbach Boylan
Moon Mother, Moon Daughter: Myths and Rituals that Celebrate a Girl’s Coming-of-Age by Janet Lucy and Terri Allison
Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips for Parents and Teachers by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer
Imagine a Woman in Love with Herself by Patricia Lynn Reilly
Life’s Daughter/Death’s Bride by Kathie Carlson
In Her Image: The Unhealed Daughter’s Search for Her Mother by Kathie Carlson
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Women’s History by Constance Jones
American Girl, A Smart Girl’s Guide to Friendship Troubles by Patti Kelley Criswell and Angela Martini
Girls (8-11):
Girls Rule by Ashley Rice
Real Beauty: 101 Ways to Feel Great About YOU (American Girl) by Therese Kauchak
Real Spirit: Fun ideas for refreshing, relaxing, and staying strong (American Girl) by Elizabeth Chobanian
The Care & Keeping of YOU Journal (American Girl) by Norm Bendell
A Smart Girl’s Guide to Friendship Troubles (American Girl) by Patti Kelley Criswell
Girls (12-17):
33 Things Every Girls Should Know edited by Tonya Bolden
I am an Emotional Creature by Eve Ensler * (Girls & Moms)
The Goddess In Every Girl: Develop Your Teen Feminine Power by M.J. Abadie
1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Women’s History by Constance Jones