“This was required reading in my senior English class of high school. Terrible idea for required reading in a high school class to begin with, in my opinion. It felt forced and trite in such a situation. Seems like it is aimed more at the parents of young girls in the 80-90's than anyone else. It pulls up the most awful examples the author could provide, which creates fear in parents that every young girl must be having these same issues, which isn't the case of course. Childhood is rough at times for almost everyone, and yet you all made it through. Most of these topics should be common sense if you're raising children (male or female). Be informed, but don't be ridiculous about it either.”
“This book changed my life when I was eighteen. That's when I first read it. Did anyone else feel that way?”
“Should be "Saving yourself from adolescent girls"! I know. Believe me.”
“I've just started reading this book. It was so good, I had to purchase it for myself!”
“This book was originally given to me one of the times I had gone to St. Louis. One of the ladies there is a middle school teacher. Since my daughter is a teenager, she thought I could learn from this book. And she was definitely correct on that. I learned a lot from this book about girls.”
“Progression...In this book all of the text and facts are based on test studies in around 1990, given that the book was written around there. How do you think it would compare if written today?”
“I agree also. In the Eighties, there were the same problems, sure, but the whole LOOK of it was different. i don't think the whole weight issue was quite as bad. i mean our pop idols then were a pudgy Madonna and Cindi Lauper, who were both concealed under gloves, tights, puffy skirts and layers of gauze/cheesecloth/netting. You couldn't see what they really looked like really.It feels much worse today, for some reason. Or maybe I'm just more aware of it?”
“I can't find many as general as Reviving Ophelia is. Some books that are more specific to a certain topic among adolescent girls include:Queen Bees & WannabeesandOdd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls”
“Does anyone know of another book that is similar to this, today? I loved this book.”
“I agree with this assessment -- today would be much tougher to be a teenage girl -- I don't think I would have survived emotionally. All I had was a handful (Twiggy being the thin one) and that was enough to get me to be hyper image conscious for years -- now with what appears to be EVERYone (in the eyes of a young person at least) on the scene is thin, beautiful, and Perfect -- Yikes”
