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  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143784265
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $22.99

The Princess Bitchface Syndrome 2.0




The phenomenal Australian bestseller – over 100,000 copies sold.

What do you do when your previously quiet, loving daughter becomes a restless, rebellious stranger who acts like a responsible adult one day and a rude, selfish brat the next? You stay calm, and consult the experts.

By the time they turn thirteen, adolescent girls look like they're ready for anything – but they're not. Our girls are growing up in a society that is rapidly changing and challenging the skills of even the most experienced parents. A roadmap is needed to guide parents through this new landscape, to ensure we bring up happy, healthy young women.

This indispensable book focuses on the special trials of raising adolescent girls today, including:
- adolescent development in a new society
- pressures at school
- parenting strategies that work
- parenting in the digital age
- sex and drugs
- mental health.

In this fully revised and expanded edition, leading adolescent psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg and researcher Elly Robinson also discuss the single most prolific and influential factor of our times – technology.

If you feel like you’re losing control when it comes to parenting your daughter, it's time to grab back the reins.

  • Published: 30 January 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143784265
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $22.99

About the authors

Michael Carr-Gregg

Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is an adolescent psychologist, a well-respected speaker and one of Australia's leading authorities on teenage behaviour. In 1985 he founded CanTeen, the acclaimed cancer patients' support group for teenagers in New Zealand and Australia.

Carr-Gregg has been a regular on Melbourne radio 3AW, the resident parenting expert on Channel 7's Sunrise and a regular on its Morning Show. He has written several bestselling books on parenting, including Surviving Adolescents, The Princess Bitchface Syndrome 2.0, Beyond Cyberbullying and When to Really Worry. He has also worked with organisations including Reach Out and beyondblue and has been the 'Agony Uncle' for Girlfriend magazine. He has won many awards for his work.

Elly Robinson

Elly Robinson is a senior manager, writer and mother of a teen. She is a well-regarded and highly experienced specialist in navigating the interface between evidence and practice in child and family services. She has a Graduate Diploma in Adolescent Health and a Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne.