66 pg, paper, '09

Help your daughter see her beauty, her power, and her potential with the mother's companion to the How I Look Journal. Journal entries are designed to educate mothers on how they are viewing their daughters and identify discrepancies between their perceptions and actions/ communication. On the final page of each section a review of what your daughter will be covering in her How I Look Journal and provide suggestions on how you can support her self-exploration.

CONTENTS:

1 – Looking Inside
2 – Stress!
3 – Body Appreciations
4 – Puberty
5 – Messages
6 – No Body's Perfect-That's the Beauty of it!
7 – The Geometry of Style
8 – Role Models

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Nan Dellheim is a graduate of Smith College and received an MBA in health care management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She was the recipient of a Public Health Service Traineeship Grant and spent her early professional career planning and developing health care programs. Her interest in body image started in 1998 and resulted in the development of two programs for middle and high school girls that were piloted in 2005 and 2006 under the name, A Better Way To Look. Her daughter Molly's personal experience developing a flattering style informed two innovative sections on visual perception and personal style. After discovering that most schools face budget and time constraints that preclude incorporation of a comprehensive program, she and Molly conceived the idea for a journal that would include key material, could be used by girls independently, and could supplement a shorter or multi-year curricula. The How I Look Journal was published in 2007 and has been vetted by the Clinical Scientific Advisory Council of the National Eating Disorders Association. In 2009 she published How I Look at My Daughter, Her World, and Her Future, a mother's companion journal, with Sheila Dubin, parenting coach. It is Nan's goal to develop programs that are self-sustaining through teacher training.

Sheila Dubin has a M.S. in psychology and has been in the field of parenting education for 30 years. Sheila has developedand taught parenting classes in the areas of: raising daughters, parenting adolescents, building self-esteem and competence, and body image. She was a founding editor and principal writer for Bay Area Parent of Teens Magazine. After conducting the initial pilot for A Better Way to Look, she joined Nan and Molly and has continued to oversee curriculum development, teach classes, and conduct focus groups. In 2009, she co-authored How I Look at My Daughter, Her World, and Her Future, and is currently conducting mother workshops to help mother see and support their daughters' beauty, power, and potential.

REVIEWS:

"Bombarded with messages pushing the “right look,” most women struggle to make peace with their appearance and hope that their daughters will avoid this demoralizing battle. Nan Dellheim and Sheila Dubin's companion to the How I Look Journal for girls offers important guidance to mothers who want to help daughters navigate their developmental years with their body esteem and self confidence intact. Filled with sound information and great ideas, including conversation starters about delicate topics, How I Look at My Daughter, Her World, and Her Future is an important resource that should be in the hands of every mom today."
— Kathy Kater, author of Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too! and Real Kids Come in All Sizes