This year we are embarking on a series on boys’ development, but we have not forgotten girls! Far from it. GI is working in schools like Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelphi, Maryland to empower girls into successful leadership.
Today’s blog post includes a curation of articles and resources you can use to help girls in your world. One of the most empowering things we can all do for girls right now is to help them curtail (and train them to take control of) their social media use/screen time. Anxiety and depression are haunting our daughters in the digital age.
Do Half Our Teenage Girls Have Mental Health Issues?
Helping Teen Girls with Mood Issues.
https://childmind.org/article/mood-disorders-and-teenage-girls/
A Brief, Very Helpful Guide to Early Puberty and Mental Health.
https://childmind.org/article/how-early-puberty-affects-childrens-mental-health/
Girls Schools Focus on Mental Health Support.
Girls, Coding, and Gaming.
A Pakistani Perspective on Educating Girls.
The Importance of Focusing on Low Income Girlhood.
Girls, Genes, and Autism
These and related topics will be explored at our Summer Institute in June. The event will happen on Zoom over the weekend of June 24-25 with the videos available until July 10; thus, if you can’t come on the weekend, or if you miss any of the more than 20 keynotes and workshops, you have lots of time to catch up!
To learn more and to register, check out: https://gurianinstitute.com/events/gurian-summer-institute-2023/.