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Raising a Modern-Day Princess

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The book Raising a Modern-Day Princess by authors Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna has moved me and it's entirely changed my way of thinking in how to raise my own daughter as well as taught me how to influence the young woman around me.

Grace, dignity, inner beauty, and self worth, traits every daughter of the King should have instilled into her life. Often enough no one is taking the time to celebrate daughter's journey into becoming the woman God has created them to be. It's not hard at at all to do this, in fact Raising a Modern-Day Princess suggest many types of rite of passage celebrations both big and small that can change and impact a girls life forever. The examples of personal testimony of mothers, fathers, and daughters that took part in this are ever so moving.

Not often is it that a book speaks such revelations that tugged at my heart strings and left me in tears. I encourage every sister as well as brothers in Christ to pick up this book and read it.

I promise you, if you take the advice of this book, whom ever God has laid on your heart will feel purpose, value, and strength in moving forward and following the path God has laid in front of them.

This book is on the top favorite reads for 2010 and ten for me, and I am quite honored and blessed by those that contributed in writing these words of truth. If I could, I would personally give everyone I know a copy of Raising a Modern-Day Princess. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

Most girls dream of living out their own fairy-tale romance. They are bombarded from childhood with stories of beautiful princesses swept off their feet by a handsome, noble prince. It's a beautiful dream, but without practical, life-changing mentoring, girls are often disillusioned when their first love disappoints. Some girls fall into a pattern of giving their heart to the wrong guy. And those of us who've been hurt know there is no Band-Aid for a broken heart.

Here is a practical book filled with ideas and stories of what other moms and mentors have done to come alongside young women and affirm their self-confidence, beauty, and value. The authors share the importance of mentoring and coming-of-age ceremonies that teach girls who they are and how to recognize a handsome, noble prince beyond his outward appearance. Readers are encouraged to seize the challenge of imparting wisdom to the girls in their life. If we don't do it, someone else will or our girls will be left to face the world on their own.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who has young girls in their life. God calls us to train a child in the way that they should go, but many adults skip the "relationship stuff" as being too awkward to talk about. This "relationship stuff" is one of the most important teachings teenagers need, crave. Who better than to teach it that the loving adults in their life?

Having served in youth ministry for eleven years, I've seen heartbreaking things. But almost more heartbreaking that a girl's broken heart is the fact that her parents neglected the challenge to teach her the truth. Parents, we can't control the choices our children make, but we are called by God to give them the tools and knowledge to make the right choice. The world is teaching them every day. Get this book for your daughters and get Raising a Modern-Day Knight: A Father's Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood for your sons. Affirm your children as they journey into adulthood.

Raising A Modern Day Princess was a wonderful book that will show both moms and dads how to celebrate your daughter as a gift from God. I loved how well organized this book was, as well it is very easy and quick to read.

When reading Raising a Modern Day Princess you will discover the following:
* wonderful ideas and examples for finding a mentor for your daughter as she transitions into young womanhood,
* celebrating your daughter through a Princess Party,
* the importance of words on your daughter's life,
* teaching your daughter lessons about Godly character traits,
* the importance of true friendship, and pursuing knowledge, and,
* etiquette and makeup,
* defining a man of integrity,
* her spiritual life (including faith versus feelings)

This book is one that ALL Christian parents should read if you have a daughter. Becoming a young woman is a very special time, and celebrating your daughter in such a fantastic way is a wonderful way to make a super memory with your daughter and start her journey on the right foot! There is advice in this book for both moms and dads and you will be blessed as you read this book.

Raising a Modern Day Princess introduced a good number of ideas that I hadn't considered prior to reading this book. I like the idea of the rite of passage type ceremony for a girl. It helped me think about ways to make my daughter's journey into womanhood special and memorable for her. The ideas for having the father be active in the rite of passage ceremony as he affirms his daughter's worth were wonderful. I appreciated the encouragement to mothers as we seek to make sure our daughters know their worth in the sight of God, their Heavenly Father.

One thing that I had a difficult time with was the importance placed on outside mentors. Maybe, because my daughter is only 10, I am a little naive, but I feel that the Christian mother should be the main mentor in the daughter's life. We, as parents, are given the responsibility of raising our child(ren). Since we will be held accountable for our actions, I believe that we should be the ones mentoring our children. That is not to say there isn't a place for outside mentors, but I don't put as great of an importance on them as the authors of the book do (at least in a solid Christian home).

Even though I didn't agree with everything in the book, I liked the ideas and concepts in this book and would recommend it to others.

Disclosure: I received the book from Tyndale House Publishers for the purpose of writing a review on my blog. No other compensation was received. All opinions are my own.

Although I am not a Christian, I have been pleased to be able to review some absolutely wonderful Christian books. I believe that most religions are basically wonderful guides to living a positive life, which is why I love reading so many of these great Christian books. This particular one is definitely a must read for any family that has a young girl in their midst. It's made me decide to find and buy Raising a Modern-Day Knight.

Although rooted in biblical scriptures and proverbs, the lessons and guides for raising your daughters with self confidence and self worth, goes beyond religion. The basic premise of the book is to tell your daughters they are worthy of love and honor. Part of the book gives examples from many different cultures and religions of rites of passages for young girls, and then takes those examples to create rites of passages for young girls in today's society. There are many wonderful ideas that range in the very simple and intimate celebrations for just the family, to large celebrations for more than one girl! If I had a daughter, I would definitely be doing any one of these things for her!

I recommend this book for everyone! Whether you have a daughter, niece, grand-daughter in your family, or you want to give something special to the young women in your church, religious organization or community. This is an excellent book to help you give the young girls in your life a wonderful start to honoring themselves and finding their value!

Disclaimer: I received this book from Tyndale Publishing House for review purposes. All opinions are 100% my own.

I have to say that reading this book has spurred me on to be more deliberate in making memories for my kids, and my daughter in particular. And to remind her of past events that she is too young to remember. And now, after reading this book, I have many ideas and strategies to keep that practice going.

Doreen and Pam have hearts for young women and it shows in their creative ideas to help make girls feel special and a princess of the King. The authors' idea of building up young women through mentoring is Biblical - a practice that must be deliberate, thoughtful and bathed in prayer. We cannot just hope for it to happen. And crowning that mentoring journey (if I may be so bold as to use that phrase) is a special party honoring your princess. This party is akin to a sweet sixteen party or a debutante party, but families can create a party that fits within their budget and comfort zone. The important part is taking the time to honor and challenge the young lady to live a life of a daughter of the King. Which the mentoring process (before the party) focuses upon.

These ideas can be adapted to Non-Christian situations. Pam and Doreen show how civic and other community groups can facilitate these parties also.

This book was provided free of charge by the publisher. No payment was provided in return for this review. The publisher had no editorial rights or claims over the content or the conclusions made in this review.

Being the mother of two girls, I was excited when Tyndale gave me a copy of this book to review. I had heard of the idea of blessing your children before but this book explains it well and goes into depth on the subject. We generally think of a princess as somewhat of a diva but being the loved daughter of the King, Almighty God, is a much more pleasing association.

The book talks about rights of passage in other cultures, i.e., the quinceanera in Latin countries, but words of affirmation and love are a more lasting blessing to give our girls. Being a living example of a child of God is a rich legacy to leave them. This book concentrates on moms AND dads and the legacy they can give their children by being active participants in their lives. In our family we say we don't spoil our children, we cherish them. This book gives lots of ideas for cherishing your daughters without spoiling them.

Moms and dads of daughters - read this book and be blessed!

Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna have come toghther to help parents of young girls realize how important it is to make life and its changes cause for celebration in their daughters lives.
This book is a storehouse of ideas and inspiration to help your daughter understand just how important she is, to you and to God. In a society where the focus has been placed on female sexuality in all the wrong ways it is refreshing to read ideas of helping your children transition without the Hollywood sterotypes.

By placing the responsibility for those lessons squarely where God intended that they should be: on the parents. This is one book that I recommend to my readers. Not only to mothers, but to anyone who is close to teen or preteen girls in a mentoring relationship. No matter what ethnic background, you will find ideas here to re-enforce your daughters ability to feel good about who she is, and who God wants her to become.

Raising a Modern-Day Princess by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna is a very practical guide for moms who are interested in creating a rite-of-passage experience to celebrate their daughters' transition into womanhood. Farrel and Hanna explain why a rite-of-passage experience is so critical and also present testimonies from girls who have gone through a rite-of-passage celebration to document the benefits of the type of celebration the authors recommend. They also have a chapter for the men in these girls' lives to help them fulfill their roles in the ceremony.

Before I started reading the book, I didn't think it would apply to me because my daughters are years away from being old enough for a rite-of-passage experience of any kind. After reading a couple of chapters, however, I knew I wanted this for my daughters but didn't know how I would ever pull it off. A few chapters later, I had gotten enough information to feel like I could manage such a celebration for my girls. By the time I finished the book, I was trying to convince my husband that we need to start working towards this!

I highly recommend this book to everyone who has girls in their lives. Even if you don't plan to host a rite-of-passage ceremony, you should get the book just to read about the power of words in a girl's life and the lasting impact they have. As I was reading, I asked God to help me speak words of encouragement and blessing into my daughters' lives. If you're a parent, grandparent, youth minister, pastor, teacher, or just have a passion for impacting girls' futures, you need to read this book!

Note: I received a complimentary review copy of Raising a Modern-Day Princess from Tyndale House Publishers. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed in the review are my own.

I have been reading a book entitled "Raising a Modern-Day Princess" by Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna. It was sent to me for free as part of an ongoing relationship I have with Tyndale House to read and review books for them.

The book is a wonderful tool for parents, grandparents and mentors who are involved in the lives of 12-20 year old women. As little girls we all grow up wanting to be Princesses and to be swept off our feet by a Knight in shining armor and of course, to live happily ever after. This book offers wonderful insights and tools that are sure to be very beneficial in helping young women through their teenage years.

As a Life Purpose Coach Psalm 139 took on special meaning for me...I saw my worth in Christ and for the first time ever at the age of 53. I truly felt that I was the Daughter of the King Most High.This book gives you a blueprint that will enable your daughter or significant other young women in your life see their worth in Christ during a time when they need it the most.

Everything that you would need either as a parent or mentor to plan a special Rite of Passage celebration is covered in this book. The final chapter outlines how to plan your special celebration and gives you all of the tools that you will need. It is definitely a book that I wish I had when I was raising my own daughter through her teen age years and one that I will definitely pass down to those with young daughters who long to have a sense of value and purpose for their lives.