Queen Bees and Wannabes, 3rd Edition: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boys, and the New Realities of Girl World

Haven't read it yet but was recommended to me

A must for parents.

Written for an audience that likes a meandering and fluffed out style. Not for me. Way too many anecdotes.

This is a good read for any parent who has a girl fast approaching adolescent. I read this book whenmy young son was reaching this age and decided to give it to my niece who is going nuts with herdaughter now. We both found this book helpful in navigating this stage of our child's life.

In the third edition, 95% of the text is a rather bland, off-the-shelf set of generic and incredibly condescending parenting advice, in the standard American middle class individualist main stream. Really mothering advice, most of the book can be summed up as "it's all the mother's fault that your daughter is lying to you". The "Queen Bee" teen girl dynamics that made this book famous, is really just a single chapter. If this sort of parenting manual is your cup of tea - good for you. Even many confused teen girls will like this sort of explanation of themselves, as a sort of simplifying self diagnosis.

Very interesting read, centered on the struggle of growing a daughter from childhood to adulthood. The author is American aber most of her suggestions apply to Europe as well.This new edition is updated with hints in how to manage social networks.

Book arrived in great condition. Good book and easy to read. We've gone through it multiple times. We found that it is applicable at different ages for our girls.

Lots of insights. My girls are slightly younger but its good to anticipate whats coming. I will be reading this again.