NOTE: Join us Wednesday, October 12, when Donna Jackson Nakazawa, whose sixth book, "Girls on the Brink" (a solution to the problems mentioned in the story below; more info on it here) will meet PACEs Connection staff and members in a webinar from 3 - 4:30 p.m. ET; 12-1:30 p.m. PT. This the second of our Connecting Communities One Book at a Time book study offerings. Join us to receive your free Book Study Kit, a guide you and friends can use to learn more about why today's girls are more anxious and depressed, the impact of social media, and the research and "antidotes" Jackson Nakazawa shares in her powerful and compelling book. Register for the webinar here.
By Elissa Strauss CNN, October 11, 2022 — My teenage years, like many of our teenage years, were raw ones. I felt vulnerable, destabilized and confused, and I chronicled every bit of it on the pages of highly guarded diaries.
Looking back, I see there was a beauty to this rawness. All those strong feelings helped me figure out who I was and what kind of people I wanted around me. I also feel lucky to be a part of the last generation to experience childhood without much in the way of digital life, and the last to be influenced by Gen X slackers rather than the self-optimizers who came next. This rawness was somewhat protected from societal influences telling me I should do and be more.
That’s not true today. Girls are growing with a rising number of external pressures, making their transition into teen and adulthood far more psychologically disturbing than it used to be.
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