Ep 192: Dads and Daughters

<p><a href="https://talkingtoteens.com/podcast/dads-and-daughters-kimberly-wolf-2/">Click for full show notes, exercises, and parenting scripts from this episode </a></p><p><br></p><p>Raising a girl in today’s society comes with so many challenges. Young women are juggling puberty, sexuality, academics, friendships and more, all while trying to navigate the pressures of the online world. The constant presence of social media puts pressure on teens to have the perfect body, the best clothes, and the coolest friends–basically to live an impossibly perfect life! When teens are obsessing over instagram, suddenly wearing crop tops,  fighting with all their friends and declaring that they’re failing chemistry….it can be easy to feel like there’s no possible way to help them get through it all.</p><p><br></p><p>To make matters worse, our teen girls aren’t exactly receptive to talking about any of it. As young women inch closer to adulthood, they tend to resent taking any advice from parents, and it seems like everything we say just makes them mad! But just because girls are changing, doesn’t mean we can’t still be an important part of their lives. This week, we’re helping guide you towards having more positive, productive conversations with your daughters, especially during such a critical period in their lives.</p><p><br></p><p>Joining us today is Kimberly Wolf, author of <a href="https://amzn.to/3vwC5Oz"><em>Talk with Her: A Dad’s Essential Guide to Raising Healthy, Confident, and Capable Daughters</em></a>. Although her book focuses on dad-daughter relationships, Kim knows quite a bit about how all parents can cultivate healthy communication with their girls! She’s an educator and speaker who holds both a bachelor’s in gender studies from Brown and a master’s in human development and psychology from Harvard! Her education as well as her own personal experiences growing up as a girl inspired her to dive deeper into the struggles of today’s young women.</p><p><br></p><p>In our interview, we’re covering what yo