Between Baby Dolls and Boyfriends: How to Successfully Navigate Your Daughter's Tween Years Finally! A fascinating, informative and delightfully readable book to help guide parents through the often uncertain "tween years" when your daughter's moods and attitude begin to change, BFFs come and go, mean girls abound, influences are introduced and multiply, social media hits their smartphones and sometimes bullies hit their friends. All of this and much more compete for attention in the all-important three or four years before your daughter becomes a teenager. While addressing the issues that the tween years bring, Between Baby Dolls and Boyfriends encourages parents to strengthen the relationship with their tween daughter, which serves not only to tackle the topics at hand, but to fortify her for the teenage years that are just around the corner. What the title promises, this book delivers. You will find the information, encouragement, and support that you need to enjoy the tween years with your daughter. Debi Smith-Racanelli's timely book provides the perfect blend of wit and wisdom, education and experience. She shares her insight as a psychologist and parenting expert, as well as sharing personal stories as she raises her own tween daughter - who has an important role in the book, providing her perspective at the end of each chapter. Readers of Between Baby Dolls and Boyfriends can expect to learn how to stay connected to their daughters during the tween years, how to navigate issues such as friends, bullies, social media, cultural influences, and much more. She also realizes that the best expert on raising your daughter is you! This is one of those books where you will get to the end and feel like you've known Debi and her daughter for years!
About the Author: Debi Smith-Racanelli has earned her Bachelor's Degree in Human Services, a Master's Degree in Psychology, and completed advanced graduate studies in psychology and gender studies. She has clinical experience in counseling settings and non-profits, where she has come to appreciate the importance of effective parenting, and is a passionate advocate of parenting education. She lives in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado with her wonderful husband Pat, who refers to himself as her "extended case study," her fantastic daughter Kendall, and sweet dog Claire. By the time of publication, Kendall Racanelli has somehow become a teenager. She is a dedicated student and volunteer, competitive softball player, Denver Broncos and Colorado Avalanche fan. She also enjoys cooking and photography, with her primary subject being her dog, Claire (after selfies, of course).