Under Pressure uncovers the hidden anxieties, stresses, and issues experienced by school-aged girls, examining what parents and educators can do to help them overcome these problems and succeed.

Young women today face a number of challenges that can be hard to understand.

It might be scary just hearing of the stresses and anxieties that school-aged girls encounter. Many of them may be completely unfamiliar to an adult.

Dr. Lisa Damour is an author and clinical psychologist renowned for her studies of development in young women and teenage girls.

Through her work, Damour has encountered the dramatic recent rise in stress and anxiety amongst girls and young women struggling to cope with pressures at school, at home, on social media, and amongst others.

Under Pressure examines the issues facing school-aged girls today, offering advice for adults on how to guide and support them in their transition to adulthood.