Santa Barbara High School District
Gifted and Talented Education

721 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
(805) 730-7775 • (FAX) 962-7196 • Office Hours: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Dr. Brian Sarvis, Superintendent • Jan Zettel, Assistant Superintendent
e-mail: Sandy Robertson, District GATE Coordinator: srobertson@sbsdk12.org

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See Jane Win
The Rimm Report on how 1000 girls became successful women

By Dr. Sylvia Rimm, Three Rivers Press, 1999, 343 pages

If you are looking for current, professional advice on the challenging task of raising a gifted daughter, this may be the only book you’re going to need. It’s all here: everything from coaching your daughter to succeed in academics and life, to issues of sociability, shyness, and insecurity. The back cover captures the essence of the book.

“Noted child psychologist Sylvia Rimm, along with her daughters, a research psychologist and a pediatric oncology researcher, conducted a three-year survey of more than a thousand successful women to uncover what elements of their childhood and adolescence contributed to their success—and how today’s parents can give their own daughters the same advantages. Should you encourage your daughter’s competitive streak? How important are social skills? Does birth order make a difference? Based on extensive original research, See Jane Win provides invaluable information distilled from women in nontraditional and traditional fields, from medicine, science, law, politics, and business, to arts, education, homemaking, and mental health. Here is informed advice on helping girls deal with middle-school grade decline; math anxiety; eating disorders; social insecurity; self-esteem and competitions; the career/family balance; the glass ceiling, and more.”

See Jane Win is a thoroughly documented and yet readable encyclopedia of advice on how to raise a successful daughter. If today’s girls are to become the leaders of tomorrow, and achieve the success they deserve, they need expert guidance. This book not only provides it, but backs it up with sound research on more than 1000 girls and women.

David L. Jones , GATE parent


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