ch. 1. The search for perspective
ch. 2. The formative years : the layering of nature, nurture, and life experience
ch. 3. Betwixt and between : the preadolescent years
ch. 4. Everything and nothing : sharing the adolescent girl's struggle to be and become herself
ch. 5. Mothers and daughters : roots to grow, wings to fly
ch. 6. Fathers and daughters : soul mates, strangers, and a delicate dance
ch. 7. The Galapagos Islands of girls' social development
ch. 8. Aiming to please : moving beyond the "tyranny of niceness"
ch. 9. Parents under pressure : how to think straight when worry sets in
ch. 10. Girls in action : the magic of doing.