THE PRINCESS BITCHFACE SYNDROME

Surviving adolescent girls

by MICHAEL CARR-GREGG

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New softcover book, 164 pages.

Planet Girl is in crisis

In this hard-hitting book, Michael Carr-Gregg focuses on the special trials of raising adolescent girls today: what to do when your previously quiet, loving daughter becomes a restless, rebellious stranger who behaves like a responsible adult one day and a vampish brat the next.

Part of the problem is that girls are becoming sexualised earlier, and their physical development is shooting ahead of their cognitive capacities. By the time they turn 13 they look like they're ready for anything – but they're not. Yet, argues Carr-Gegg, many parents are surrendering their authority and allowing their daughters to be fast-tracked into pseudo-adulthood. We appear to be losing it when it comes to parenting our girls and it's time to grab back the reins.

This book is a must-read for every parent with an adolescent daughter.

About the author: 

Dr Michael Carr-Gregg was educated in Kenya, England, New Zealand and Australia. In 1985, he founded the world's first national teenage cancer patients support group, CanTeen - The Australian Teenage Cancer Patient's Society. Michael has worked in private practice as a family therapist, child psychologist and clinical psychologist, as an academic, researcher and he spent 4 years working as a political lobbyist. Michael is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists. He is the consultant psychologist to many schools and national organisations, an official ambassador for the federal government's youth suicide prevention programs beyondblue and Mindmatters, and the resident psychologist with Channel Nine's Today Show. He has written several books on parenting adolescents and is a columnist for Girlfriend and Australian Doctor magazines. He has won many awards for his work. He is one of Australia's leading authorities on teenage behaviour, and as a practising psychologist specialises in the area of parenting adolescents and adolescent mental health. His other books include Adolescence - A Guide for Parents, The Princess Bitchface Syndrome, Real Wired Child, Surviving Adolescents, Surviving Year 12 and Surviving Step-Families .

Most importantly, Michael is married and has two children, supports Hawthorn in the AFL and South Sydney in the NRL. In 2000, he was the subject of a This Is Your Life program on Channel 9. He works in private practice in Melbourne.

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The Princess Bitchface Syndrome by Michael Carr-Gregg