Pink Chaos: Navigating the Mother-Daughter Relationship with Your Tween - Softcover

Barksdale, Shayna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1774584646 ISBN 13: 9781774584644

Publisher: Page Two, 2024

Synopsis

 
Pink Chaos: A Mother's Guide to Raising Confident, Connected Tween Girls
An honest, empowering guide to building a strong mother-daughter bond—before the teen years begin.
Raising a tween girl today can feel overwhelming. The emotional swings, the attitude, the heartbreaking self-doubt—it's a lot. While most parenting books focus on the teenage years, Pink Chaos dives into the crucial (and often overlooked) ages of 9 to 12, when the foundation for lifelong mental health and self-worth is being built.
In this heartfelt and practical guide, therapist and mental health cheerleader Shayna Barksdale helps you reconnect with your daughter and create a relationship based on trust, empathy, and real communication—before the chaos of adolescence hits full force.
Inside 
Pink Chaos
, you'll learn how to:

• Understand the emotional world of "Girl World"—from social media stress to friendship drama
• Use girl-approved conversation scripts to talk about big feelings, boundaries, and identity
• Practice tools like active listening, validation, and emotional coaching
• Prevent future struggles like anxiety, depression, disordered eating, and self-harm
• Show up as the calm, confident guide your daughter needs most

Whether your daughter is struggling or just starting to pull away, Pink Chaos offers real-life tools and relatable stories to help moms stay connected, build confidence, and raise emotionally strong girls in an unpredictable world.
 Perfect for moms of girls ages 9-12, therapists, school counselors, or anyone who wants to strengthen family bonds during the tween years.

About this title

About the Author

Shayna Barksdale, LCSW, began her social work journey in her early twenties, right after earning her master’s degree from Our Lady of the Lake in San Antonio. With over thirty years’ service, she has obtained several credentials: Licensed Clinical Social Worker Supervisor (LCSW-S), Certified Daring Way Facilitator (Brené Brown’s shame resilience theory), and certifications in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and Emotion-Focused Family Therapy. In 2012, Shayna founded Austin Therapy for Girls and enjoys residing in her hometown with her husband, Brook, and their two rescue dogs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Page Two
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1774584646
• ISBN 13: 9781774584644
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224