Teen Expert Shows Audience How to Connect With Daughters

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Teen expert shows audience how to connect with daughters

WHO: Teen expert Carrie Silver-Stock, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., author of Secrets Girls Keep: What Girls Hide (& Why) and How to Break the Stress of Silence (HCI Books, Nov 2009) and founder of Girls With Dreams.

WHAT: With role models like Rihanna, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears making headlines, many teen girls today struggle with feelings of low confidence, loneliness, rejection and depression and then look to unsafe sex, drugs and alcohol for comfort and answers.

Secrets Girls Keep is an honest approach for teenage girls today: the scary issues they face and the secrets they keep with advice on how to overcome low self-esteem by letting the secrets out and seven tips on how to live a better life. Silver-Stock shares the personal stories of other girls, showing girls they are not alone in their struggles. Each chapter tackles a separate issue that is relevant to teenage girls today along with stories and tips they can use to overcome those issues.

WHEN: Silver-Stock is available for interviews upon request. Her book is available for review.

INTERVIEW TOPICS:

·        Discuss statistics on teen pregnancy, eating disorders, dating violence and more and how parents can help their teens

·        Define the cult of secrecy and what it means for teens—how do parents break through

·        New issues that didn’t exist 10 years ago: sexting and internet safety

·        Our secrets hurt us and sometimes even haunt us beyond high school

·        How to discover your strengths and use them!

Silver-Stock is a mom of two and the founder of GirlsWithDreams.com. She is also the author of the award-winning book, The Powder Box Secrets. She lives near St. Louis, Missouri.

Secrets Girls Keep: What Girls Hide (& Why) and How to Break the Stress of Silence by Carrie Silver-Stock (HCI Books, Nov 2009, ISBN 978-0757313691, $14.95)

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For more information visit www.carriesilverstock.com. To schedule an interview or receive more information, please contact Elaine Krackau at elaine@prbythebook.com | 512.733.5145