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Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice: A Teen Girl's Guide to Unlearning the Rules

by Meredith Walker

A guide to questioning the rules

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A guide to questioning the rules

Meredith Walker’s guide focuses on the unwritten expectations that shape teenage girls’ lives, including the mixed messages to stand out while fitting in or to plan for the future while enjoying the present. It centers independent thinking alongside self-discovery, emotional awareness, and confidence, connecting personal choices with the possibility of contributing to the wider world. The book is framed as practical guidance for working out what matters and deciding what comes next.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen girls navigating conflicting social expectations
  • Young readers interested in self-discovery, feelings, and confidence
  • Adults seeking a guide about independent thinking for teens

Themes

Unwritten social rulesIndependent thinkingSelf-discoveryEmotional awarenessConfidence and contribution

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Book overview

Being a teen girl can be confusing and frustrating--luckily Meredith Walker created this guide to show how to dig deep, find what's important to you, and use that authenticity to make the world a better place. Featuring a foreword from Amy Poehler!

Teen girls learn rules all the time, even if many of them go unsaid. Be yourself! But don't be weird! Hustle hard--your future depends on it! You're only young once--enjoy it! But no one talks about the life skill they need to navigate all those rules: how to think for themselves.

As the co-founder of Smart Girls, Meredith Walker has spent years making ideas feel real, relevant, and approachable to young people. Now she's written a whole guide devoted to helping teen girls discover who they are, feel their feelings, develop their confidence--and figure out what to do next. Compact, insightful, and full of warm wisdom, Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice is the perfect book for any reader letting go of the old rules to create a life that's truly their own.
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