Author: WARDY, MELISSA ATKINS & JENNIFER SIEBEL NEWSOM
Title: Redefining Girly How Parents Can Fight the Stereotyping and Sexualizing of Girlhood, from Birth to Tween
Description: Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2014. Paperback. ISBN: 1613745524. 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.8 inches; xiv 239 pages; NEW. Soft cover has white spine with red lettering. Pages are clean and tight. "Containing practical, specific parenting advice; strategies for effecting change with educators, store managers, corporations, and more; and tips for challenging and changing the media, this essential guide gives parents the tools they need to fight back against the modern stereotyping and sexualization of young girls. Activist Melissa Wardy shares tangible advice for getting young girls to start thinking critically about sexed-up toys and clothes while also talking to girls about body image issues. She provides tips for creating a home full of diverse, inspiring toys and media free of gender stereotypes, using consumer power to fight companies that make such major missteps, and taking the reins to limit, challenge, and change the harmful media and products bombarding girls." Bibliography; index.. New .

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