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Raising Strong Daughters

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I had a terrible teenagehood, filled with shame and fear, my religious mother and step father wanted me to be everything they weren't in their drug filled early adulthood. So I went into the world, unprepared and naive, making mistakes along the way, only to be chastised by my "well meaning" parents.

I have come full circle and desire to pass on this strength to my (now 9 1/2 year old) daughter. I love books such as "Raising Strong Daughters" because there are so many great "do to's" suggested that take the guess work out of what works and what doesn't. I don't have to make my daughter be a guinea pig experiment of being an empowered woman, I can take other women's studies and apply them to our lives.

After reading this book, I took my daughter to the Lilith Fair to see some beautifully human and real women sing. I think it sends a strong message that she can do whatever she wants to with her life. I want to cultivate that she does not have to do what society says if she doesn't want to. Well, mom doesn't anyway...

THANKS for a fab book!!

Michelle

This book is outstanding - every mom with a daughter needs to read this book. I purchased the book for my daughters and wish the book had been available when they were small. My granddaughters will benefit from this essential book.

Unless you are a woman who was raised to be a doormat and needs someone to point that out and tell you how to avoid raising your daughter as a doormat, this book is a complete waste of time and money. Who in their right mind would actually raise your child to believe it's okay for someone to hit her? And let's face it, this book isn't going to help people who do believe that and all the other "don'ts" included in this book. While my mother had her share of issues with self-confidence and self-worth, she was aware those were her own issues and not something she wanted to teach me. She and my father raised meto be confident, independent and capable. This being our first and only child, I was hoping to learn a few actual parenting tips and all I got was a lecture on how bad women still have it and that I shouldn't raise her to be a Stepford wife. I think I'll stick to my instincts.