Essays Tagged: "Mary Pipher"
Reviving Olphelia by Mary Pipher
Reviving OpheliaMary Pipher's book, Revivng Ophelia, was an attempt to describe the struggle our adolescent girls en ... turn our presentation into a talk show featuring some of the girls profiled in the book as well as Mary, their psychologist. They key messages we attempted to show the class were: the stress relation ... . I guess majority rules. But had I though of it then, I would have had an audience member question Mary on stage about the absence of certain groups in her book and her failure to mention that boys s ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Reviving Ophelia Analysis
The book Reviving Ophelia, by Mary Pipher, PH.D., is described as "An eye-opening look at the everyday dangers of being young and ... und them, their insides are changing too. Between about 12-17 are especially hard ages for females. Mary Pipher describes the different reasons for this, mostly having to do with America's "poisonous" ... o with America's "poisonous" culture, and how parents can help their daughters.In Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher gives examples of many patients that she has seen over the years as a therapist. She wri ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
"The Shelter of Each Other" by Mary Popher.
fficult for many families to handle?" In The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding our Families, author Mary Pipher argues yes, American culture during the 1990s has been too difficult for many families t ... municate very well, we know the names of our neighbors, and we have family dinners 5-7 times a week.Mary Pipher makes clear her opinion on technology. She would not argue that any tool is bad and shou ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Childhood Enemies
oung people who are searching for the roles and values that will guide them all their lives? The primary goal of this paper is to reveal the influences of technology and social environments experience ... Over a very short period of time, there has been a dramatic truncation of childhood,�h says Mary Pipher, �gThroughout history, this was always a time when children were free of the burd ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Stepping out of the Shadows
nts. It also serves as a wonderful example of change writing, as defined by psychologist and author Mary Pipher in her book Writing to Change the World as "writing to connect" (p. 8).Pipher's idea of ... they endure and sacrifices they make in their journey toward what they hope will be a better life. Mary Pipher believes that writers can move and affect their readers most effectively by writing abou ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing