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Wow! Awesome Book! Mothers of Daughters: Get This Book!, July 9, 2005
First off, this book makes a great gift to anyone you know who has a daughter regardless of age. It makes a great baby shower gift, also.
I just want to start by saying, I first saw this book and I skimmed through it, but didn't buy it. I was very skeptical. I am a well read individual and I was thinking: "I don't need another lame self help book by some would be expert that sits on my shelf that I never read. My daughter's five: there is a bunch of birth, pregnancy stuff in the book. I am past those stages and don't need a book that covers stuff I don't need."
However, I ended up going back and getting the book. I am SO glad I did.
Now I am here to say: this book is amazing. Reading the book made me want to read all of her books. I took so many notes and have already started using some of what she wrote.
For those of you who consider yourself Moms who care about being good Moms, this book is a great compass for how to raise your daughters well. It doesn't matter whether your child is young, not born yet, a teenager, or full grown or if you are a Grandmother; you will be glad you read this book. I am so glad Christine Northrup wrote this book: she has fabulous ideas and covers just about every topic imaginable.
She has a great resource section, and incredible reference section (her book is well researched) and honestly, there are not any books like this one on the market.
I love how she weaves spiritual ideas with psychological ideas and how she covers all possible topics on how to raise your daughter with a well rounded well being.
Moreover, this book gets you thinking about how you were raised, gets you thinking about how you parent yourself and makes you think hard about how the woman you are is the role model for the woman your daughter is going to become.
This book is one of the *best* parenting books I have read. I can not recommend it highly enough. It's brilliant. I loved the seven areas of self esteem, how to handle sexuality in the media, how to handle sexuality,and the section on teaching your daughter inner wisdom is unequalled and something every daughter should learn at an early age as soon as possible.
This book also validated choices I have made regarding her upbringing. This book helps any mother lay down a foundation for a great mother-daughter lifetime relationship as well as helps a mother improve her relationship with her self.
I know I am going to refer back to this book over and over as my daughter grows.
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95 of 103 people found the following review helpful:
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Like having a wise friend who's been down the road before, March 4, 2005
Dr. Northrup has combined her clinical experience with research, insight, and personal experience in her other books. I feel like a friend of hers who has been privileged to share in her professional life, her menopause, her divorce, and her new singlehood. In Mother-Daughter Wisdom, she continues this process by examining this special relationship from birth to adulthood, from nutrition to sexuality to self image. That's a big topic and there's lots of practical stuff you can use, but I think the most important aspect is the way she gets you to think about your relationships. She can actually save you a lot of time by helping you look at your relationship with your mother through her analysis of her own mother. Her take on Mother Bear behavior, developing a love map, the meaning of your daughter's idol worship, and defining how to feel safe will give you many AHA moments. She is that really smart, accomplished friend you wish you could hang out with, and reading this book is the next best thing. Raise your emotional intelligence quotient in one fell swoop with this book!
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43 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
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phenominal book, March 20, 2005
I am new to Dr. Northrup having caught the accompanying TV special to this book on cable. She is a fantastic speaker, and the book is equally compelling. I find myself treating it like a textbook and underlining/starring things I want to return to and never forget, the insights are so amazing. There is a slight new-agey-ness to it (she talks about Chinese medicine, chakras, etc.) which bothered me a little at first, but I trusted her credibility as an M.D. as well. The more I read the more I realize, why do we discredit the wisdom of other cultures with thousands of years more experience than ours (China, India, Native Americans)? there is probably something of value in them as well so I trust Dr. Northrup's judgment. She and her daughters seem very happy and well-adjusted so that's a good sign. This book is definitely a must-read for all women, and I'm considering buying copies for my sisters and mother.
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