References for "Considering a Boarding School for Your Daughter"
1. American Association of University Women. How Schools Shortchange Girls. Published by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation and Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1992.
2. American Association of University Women. Hostile Hallways. Published by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation and the Louis Harris Research, 1993.
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References for "Help Your Daughter Accept Boarding School"
1. Behrens, Dr. Charles. Telephone Interview, July 9, 2004.
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References for "What to Expect from a Girls' Boarding School"
1. “Boarding Schools: An Introduction.” Boston: The National Committee on Boarding Schools, published annually.
2. “Boarding Schools: Making the Choice.” Published by the United States Department of Education, posted at http://www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/rsrcs/pubs/7141.htm
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5. Weatherford, Carole. Essay. Education Week, v. 19, no. 26, March 8, 2000, p. 60.
6. “Why Boarding School?” “Myths About Boarding Schools,” and other articles posted at the Boarding School Review website, http://www.boardingschoolreview.com/
References for "Is Your Daughter Too Sexy for Her Own Good?"
Artz, Sibylle and Diana Nicholson. “Understanding Aggressive Girls.” University of Victoria , privately published paper, April 2001.
Cruz, Barbara. School Dress Codes. Berkeley Heights , NJ : Enslow Press, 2001.
Denizer-Lewis, Benoit. “What Happened to Teen Romance?” New York Times Magazine, May 30, 2004 .
“Dating Violence.” The Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence newsletter, Winter 1999
Foshee, Vangie A.; Bauman, Karl, E.; Arriaga, Ximena B.; Helms, Russell W.; Koch, Gary G.; & Linder, Fletcher, G. (2000). The safe dates project. Prevention Researcher, 7(1), 5-7.
Kaestle, Christine, Donald E. Morisky and Dorothy J. Wiley. “Sexual Intercourse and the Age Difference Between Adolescent Females and Their Romantic Partners.”
Volume 34, Number 6, November/December 2002
“Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt” – brochure by American Psychological Association, available at http://www.apa.org/pi/pii/teen/homepage.html
Molidor, Christian; Tolman, Richard M.; & Kober, Jennifer. (2000). Gender and contextual factors in adolescent dating violence. Prevention Researcher, 7(1), 1-4, 10.
Peacock, Judith. Dating and Sex: Defining and Setting Boundaries. Manako , MN : Capstone Press, 2001.
Rollin, Lucy. Twentieth Century Teen Culture by the Decades. London : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Roleff, Tamara (editor). Teenage Sexuality. San Diego : Greenhaven Press, Inc. 2001.
Sabia, Joseph. “Abercrombie and Fitch and the Dehumanization of Youth.” August 31, 2001, CBS News.
Vanderkam, Laura. “Sexually Active Girls Lament.” USA Today, June 11, 2003 .
White, Katherine. Relationship Violence. New York : Rosen Publishing, 2001.
References for "Help Your Daughter Handle Sexual Harassment"
American Association of University Women. Hostile Hallways. Published by the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation and the Louis Harris Research, 1993 and updated 2004.
DAVIS V. MONROE COUNTY BD. OF ED. (97-843) 526 U.S. 629 (1999) 120 F.3d 1390, reversed and remanded. Complete text posted at http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/97-843.ZS.html
Gerdes, Louise (editor). Sexual Harassment. (San Diego , CA : Greenhaven Press, Inc.), 1999.
Sommers, Christina. “The War Against Boys,” The Boston Globe, October 24, 1996 .
Strauss, Susan. "Sexual Harassment in the Schools", Vocational Education Journal, March 1993.
Vocational Education Journal, March 1993.
Timmerman, G. 2003. “Sexual Harassment of Adolescents Perpetrated by Teachers and by Peers: An Exploration of the Dynamics of Power, Culture, and Gender in Secondary Schools.” Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 48(5/6), 231-244.)
Title IX Sexual Harassment laws for schools, posted at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/sexhar00.html
American Bar Association, “More Girls Getting Arrested, 2001.” See http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/girls.html
Artz, Sibylle and Diana Nicholson. “Understanding Aggressive Girls.” University of Victoria , privately published paper, April 2001.
Casey-Cannon, Shannon, C. Hayward and K. Gowan. “Middle School Girls and Peer Victimization.” Professional School Counselor , Vol. 5, No. 2, December 2001.
Coloroso, Barbara. The Bully, the Bullied and the Bystander: from pre-school to high school: how parents and teachers can help break the cycle of violence. New York : HarperCollins, 2003.
Leckie, Barbara. “Girls, Bullying Behavior and Peer Relationships.” Presented at the Annual Conference of Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane , Australia , December 4, 1997
Shakeshaft, Charol et al. “Boys Call Me Cow.” Educational Leadership, October 1997.
Sheras, Peter. Your Child: Bully or Victim? Understanding and Ending Schoolyard Tyranny. New York : Fireside, 2002.
Simmons, Rachel . Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 2003.
Wiseman, Rosalind. Queen Bees & Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends & Other Realities of Adolescence. New York : Crown Publishing, 2003.
References for Transitioning to Womanhood: Why Girls Need More Support
Barres, Ben A. 2006. “Does Gender Matter?” Nature Vol.442(13): 133-136.
An astonishing article about the real reasons girls and women aren’t doing as well in science and math.
Fels, Anna. 2004. “Do Women Lack Ambition?” Harvard Business Review, April 2004:50-60.
Gilligan, Carol. 1982. In a Different Voice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
A landmark study of the different worlds of girls and boys.
Herbert, Bob. 2006. “Pop Culture Makes an Art of Treating Women as Objects” Anchorage Daily News, October 19, 2006.
An excellent brief, readable summary of what girls and women are facing today, from a male perspective.
Jensen, Eric. 1998. Teaching with the Brain in Mind. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Pipher, Mary. 1994. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
A must-read for all concerned parents of adolescent and pre-adolescent girls.
Venable, Stephen F. 1997. “Adolescent rites of passage: An experiential model” The Journal of Experiential Education. Vol. 20(1): 6-13.
For a religious approach, and a good list of general references on rites of passage.
Another excellent resource is the American Association for University Women, available online at www.aauw.org/ . The AAUW has state and local chapters.
