Strong As a Girl

Your Guide to Raising Girls Who Know, Stand Up for, and Take Care of Themselves

De: Kate Rope

Narrado por: Kate Rope

Expert advice for parents and caregivers to raise strong girls from the get-go, building a foundation in the formative elementary years that will set them up to thrive. This program is read by the author.

Author of Strong As a Mother Kate Rope brings grace and humor in a new, non-judgmental guide to tackling the most important topics in the modern lives of elementary-age girls. Strong as a Girl is a compassionate, expertly-sourced guide for parents and caregivers on how to build a strong foundation in the early years and to truly see and support your girl for who she is and wants to be.

Strong as a Girl features the voices of girls of all different identities, backgrounds, and life experiences alongside insight from experts in areas such as child development, puberty and sex ed, mental health, educational achievement, sexual abuse and assault prevention, body image, eating disorders, and self-compassion (for girls and the people raising them). Whatever your challenges or hopes for your girl, you will find ideas and solutions in actionable steps, simple activities, and easy-to-implement scripts and conversation starters.

Rope keeps the to-dos to a minimum, focuses on the most impactful things you can do, offers extensive compassion for the inevitable mistakes we all make, and includes resources for caregivers. Strong as a Girl is an easy, one-stop-shop that empowers parents and caregivers to set their girls on the road to a strong future, so that they—and their girls—will feel confident entering the more turbulent waters of middle school, the teen years and beyond.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press Essentials

©2025 Kate Rope (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

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"Strong As a Girl is a must-read for anyone raising, educating, or caring for girls and young women. Kate Rope weaves her deep understanding of their development together with insights from a wide range of experts to create an engaging practical guide filled with powerful wisdom. This book offers invaluable strategies to help our daughters grow into their strongest, most confident selves—and it's my new go-to gift for my friends and colleagues who care for girls!"—Lisa Damour, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Untangled, Under Pressure, and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers

"Raising resilient girls has never been more important than it is now. Strong As A Girl is an essential tool for doing so, an outstanding, common-sense guide to supporting our young daughters, and helping them—long before adolescence—to build the skills they will need to thrive throughout their lives."—Peggy Orenstein, author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Girls & Sex

“Strong As a Girl is an essential guide for anyone raising or supporting a girl between ages five and 12. Packed with evidence-backed, practical, adaptable strategies, conversation starters and many other helpful resources, Strong As a Girl is a must-read for anyone looking to nurture a confident, self-compassionate, self-aware girl during the critical elementary years.”—Phyllis L. Fagell, author of Middle School Matters and Middle School Superpowers