Book description
Life can be pretty tricky when you're a teenage girl.
New things matter: Clothes. Parties. Boys. Suddenly being liked and
being popular don't mean the same thing. Your parents get completely
bizarre when the subject of dating comes up. A friend you've
had forever stabs you in the back for no good reason. Everybody you
know seems to feel free to comment on your constantly changing body.
Drugs and alcohol go from being what you see "bad" kids
doing on television shows to what you see your friends doing when no
adults are around. How are you supposed to deal?
Since life doesn't come with a set of instructions, it helps to turn
to people who have been through the stuff that you're facing. Even
parents can help. (Really!) In Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (so
they can look up your skirt), former teenage boy -- and current
dad of two daughters -- Philip Van Munching helps guide you through
some of life's most confusing topics. From Beauty to Grief, from Sex
to Fate, Van Munching covers the things you most want to know about
and, in his wise, warm, and funny way, offers advice on how you can
become the young woman you most want to be.
"Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal is a
fresh, informative, and entertaining guidebook that's a must read for
every young woman in America. I believe parents should read it, and
then give it to their daughters. This book tells your daughter what
you so desperately want her to know, but yet can't get her to hear
when it comes from you."
-- Dr. Phil McGraw
Philip Van Munching is the author of two previous
books. His political and social commentary has appeared on the Op-Ed
pages of The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. He
also writes the "Devil's Adman" column for Brandweek.
He and his wife, Christina, live with their daughters in New York
City.
