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The author explores her own conflicting feelings as a mother as she protects her offspring and probes the roots and tendrils of the girlie-girl movement and concludes that parents who think through their values early on and set reasonable limits, encourage dialogue and skepticism, and are canny about the consumer culture can combat the 24/7 "media machine" aimed at girls and hold off the focus on beauty, materialism, and the color pink somewhat.
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This is your chance-not for having "the talk"-but for beginning a conversation that will continue as your daughter grows into the beautiful young woman God created her to be. Talking about periods and other natural changes doesn't have to be awkward. Even if your own experience was less than ideal, there's no need to be nervous. Instead, you can make it a fun, memorable occasion that helps to strengthen the bond between you and your daughter. In each...
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As a mother of four daughters, Kari Kampakis has learned the hard way how to parent from a place of strength and joy instead of defeat and discouragement. By improving the habits and dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship, moms can earn a voice in their teen girls' lives. By leaning on the promises of God, moms will gain the wisdom, guidance, protection and clarity they need to grow strong relationships with their daughters at every age.
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"Armed with data from an all-new survey of over 7,000 women, the authors of The Great Sex Rescue reveal how experiences in church as teens affect women's self-esteem and relationships today. They expose common evangelical teachings that can backfire--the purity emphasis that can cause shame rather than good choices, the dating rules that can prime your daughter for abuse, and the one overarching belief that can keep her from setting healthy boundaries....
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Congratulations! Your daughter's getting married! Once the initial excitement of the announcement wears off, it's time to get busy as you begin planning for the big day.
This invaluable guide is chockful of the ice and ideas you need to help make your daughter's wedding truly special--everything from putting together a guest list designing a seating chart, to throwing engagement party and finding the perfect wedding dress.
Plus, there are tips...
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Reveals how to reconnect with your teen. It helps you: Regain perspective - Break the cycle of conflict - Tune in to your daughter- Foster spontaneous conversations - Understand the developing adolescent brain - Appreciate her for who she is now-- Replace worrying and overreacting with effective communication - Forge a healthy and lasting bond .
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"Fugitives from a man as alluring as he is violent, Andrea Jarrell and her mother develop a powerful, unusual bond. Once grown, Jarrell thinks she's put that chapter of her life behind her--until a woman she knows is murdered, and she suddenly sees that it's her mother's choices she's been trying to escape all along. Without preaching or prescribing, I'm the One Who Got Away is a life-affirming story of having the courage to become both safe enough...
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"Come Back is a testament to the power of the love between a mother and a daughter." - New York Times Book Review
"Best mother-daughter memoir." - Glamour
"We strongly recommend this powerful mother-daughter memoir...Intense, shocking, and ultimately triumphant..." - Barnes & Noble
"A nightmarish saga of a teenage runaway in L.A. ends triumphantly. . . . Heart-wrenching, honest dialogue." - Publishers Weekly
"A powerful and moving story of two...
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Written by family therapist and bestselling author Judy Ford and her nineteen-year-old daughter Amanda, Between Mother & Daughter is geared toward both mothers and teenage girls who want to maintain or create healthy relationships during the tumultuous teen years. This book is proof of the benefit of positive parenting to empower mothers and daughters.
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Young women today have infinitely more options than their mothers and grandmothers did decades ago. "Should I become a doctor, a writer, or a stay-at-home mom?" "Should I get married or live with my boyfriend?" "Do I want children?" Women in their twenties, thirties, and forties today are wrestling with life-altering decisions about work and family-and they need all the support they can get.
But, the very person whose support they crave most-their...
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In the same tradition as Raising a Modern-Day Knight, this book is designed to equip parents to cultivate strong relationships with their adolescents. Raising a Modern-Day Princess stresses the importance of creating a rite of passage for teen girls-a defining moment in which girls can be blessed by significant adults in their lives, and a call for their families and communities to celebrate and support them as they enter womanhood. This book offers...
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The perfect Mother's Day gift.
Jo's mother, Babe, liked to drink, dance, and stay up very late. When the husband she adored went on sales calls, she waited for him in the parking lot, embroidering pillowcases. Jo grew up thinking that the last thing she wanted was to be like her mother. Then it dawned on her that her own happiness was derived in large part from lessons Babe had taught her. Her mother might have had tomato aspic and stewed rhubarb...
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In this moving follow-up to Things I Want My Daughters to Know, a lifestyle philosopher reflects on the lessons she has learned from her own daughters and offers words of wisdom to be shared with countless generations of mothers and their daughters.
""As a mother, I'll never be finished. I know that my formal role of raising my children is finished, but mothers never stop learning and never stop wanting to add some fresh insights of profound ideas...
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"As Diana surveyed her newborn baby's face, languid body, and absent cry, she knew something was wrong. Then the doctors delivered devastating news: her first child, Emma, had been born with a rare genetic disorder that would leave her profoundly physically and intellectually disabled. Diana imagined life with a child with disabilities as a dark and insular on--a life in which she would be forced to exist in the periphery alongside her daughter. Convinced...
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When thirteen-year-old Elizabeth is diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, Faith is in awe of her courageous child, who faces her plight straight on and inspires all who meet her. Despite an army of medical professionals who provide innovative care for Elizabeth, she dies, and Faith and her surviving daughter, Olivia, are thrown into a maelstrom of grief. They find unexpected comfort in the arms of their family, friends, and community--but Faith faces...
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After being diagnosed in her early thirties with terminal breast cancer, Heather McManamy felt like her life was crumbling. Her "normal" vanished--and was replaced with multiple surgeries and dozens of chemo treatments that could briefly extend her life, but would not prevent her inevitable death. With an effervescent spirit and a new perspective, Heather started to live each day as if it were her last. She learned to soak in the moment, appreciate...
19) Tiger babies strike back: how I was raised by a tiger mom but could not be turned to the dark side
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"Kim Wong Keltner is a tiger baby all grown up with a daughter of her own. But is she a tiger mother? Heck, no. This book describes--in hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking, detail--exactly why not. A battle hymn for every non-tiger offspring of tiger parents, Tiger babies strike back examines why generations of kids have been made to feel inferior, isolated, suffocated, and humiliated in dogged pursuit of one goal: making their elders look good....
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