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Underestimated

Connecting to the Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls

Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available
*National Bestseller*

"If you have a teenage girl in your life, you need to read this." Oprah Daily

In the vein of Reviving Ophelia and Untangled comes a fresh, unexpected, and empowering guide to better understand teenage girls, revealing how their insights can create heartfelt connections and impactful change.

Written with warmth and humor, Underestimated is the first book to invite us into a teenage girl's brain and heart, as told from the point of view of a beloved and trusted mentor. Chelsey Goodan is a highly sought-after academic tutor who has worked with hundreds of girls from all different backgrounds, earning their trust, confidence, and friendship. They in turn have shared with her their innermost concerns, doubts, and what they wish they could communicate to their parents and the world at large.

With topics and language directly chosen by the girls, Goodan reveals how the solutions to a girl's well-being lie within her. She offers parents the exact words they can use to help her discover these solutions and demonstrates how adults can better support a teenage girl's voice to create positive change.

Rather than dismissing teenage girls based on our own fears or treating them as problems that need to be solved, Goodan encourages us as parents, and as a society, to help girls unleash their power and celebrate their intrinsic wisdom, creating more healing and connection for everyone. With inspiring ease, Underestimated shows us how to do this with accessible advice, entertaining narratives, and profound wisdom.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 8, 2024
      A teenage girl “want to scream.... A battle cry loud enough to shatter the glass above her and obliterate what tries to contain her,” according to this shortsighted debut guide to learning from and connecting with teen daughters. Academic tutor Goodan contends that teen girls are frequently silenced by society, and parents would do well to ask nonjudgmental questions (“How can I support you in this?”) that make space for emotions without trying to “solve” the issue at hand, thus allowing their daughters’ natural problem-solving skills to emerge. Unfortunately, Goodan undermines that helpful advice with some selective interpretations (selfies almost exclusively help girls empower themselves, she suggests, without adequately unpacking how posting such images in search of “likes” can create a harmful validation loop). In addition, parents will struggle to apply such vague lessons as “rather than working to prevent and judge teenage girls’ sexual choices, let’s work to create a world that thoroughly educates everyone on sexual responsibility and pleasure.” Despite the author’s good intentions, this stumbles. Agent: Karen Murgolo, Aevitas Creative Management.

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