Untangled
Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
REVISED AND UPDATED IN 2025
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An award-winning guide to the sometimes erratic and confusing behavior of teenage girls from the author of Under Pressure and The Emotional Lives of Teenagers—now revised and updated with advice on social media use, gender fluidity, and drug use
Dr. Lisa Damour worked as an expert collaborator on Pixar’s Inside Out 2!
“The most down-to-earth, readable parenting book I’ve come across in a long time.”—The Washington Post
In this sane, highly engaging, and informed guide for parents of daughters, Dr. Damour draws on decades of experience and the latest research to reveal the seven distinct—and absolutely normal—developmental transitions that turn girls into grown-ups, including Parting with Childhood, Contending with Adult Authority, Entering the Romantic…