Girls on the Edge

In "the best book about the current state of girls and young women in America” ( Atlantic ), the New York Times -bestselling pediatrician outlines the four biggest threats to girls' psychological growth and how parents can help  Girls today are motivated and hardworking. In school, they regularly outperform boys. But beneath their confident exteriors too often lies a brittle sense of self. Girls are much more likely to experience anxiety and depression than boys, and that gap is increasing.