The Bottom Line
101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body is an informational book that will help parents, especially mothers, take a good look at their beliefs about the female body while helping them raise their daughters with a healthy body image.
Pros
- Tips format lends itself to easy reading for busy parents.
- While the focus is on mothers and daughters, information for fathers is also included.
- Written by experienced professionals - two moms.
Cons
- Could say a little more about teaching brothers and sons.
Description
- Written by Brenda Lane Richardson and Elane Rehr.
- Offers suggestions, doesn't just define the problem.
- All age groups are addressed.
Guide Review - 101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body
From the Book Description:
In 101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body, two mothers -- one a clinical psychologist, the other an award-winning journalist -- have teamed up to provide parents with practical ideas tailored to girls from birth through the teenage years. These initiatives inform parents and encourage them to take active roles in helping their daughters develop confidence, treat their bodies with love and respect, and make peace with their unique builds so that they can revel in a sense of femaleness and physical competence.
In 101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body, two mothers -- one a clinical psychologist, the other an award-winning journalist -- have teamed up to provide parents with practical ideas tailored to girls from birth through the teenage years. These initiatives inform parents and encourage them to take active roles in helping their daughters develop confidence, treat their bodies with love and respect, and make peace with their unique builds so that they can revel in a sense of femaleness and physical competence.
Psychologically astute and fun to read, this proactive guide will help define a new generation of healthy girls. There's no better time than now to help our daughters, young and growing, learn to love their bodies.
Denise's Thoughts:
If your a mom, you're going to love this book. 101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body offers helpful suggestions without blame on the parents - maybe because it is written by two parents. It gives you practical steps you can take to avoid the media's outlook of the female body, how to get your daughter to respect her inner-self and more. Have a daughter? Get this book.
