Raising Confident Girls: 100 Tips For Parents And Teachers

by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

Girls need ample, loving demonstrations from adults close to them that they are appreciated and can be trusted to know what they need for themselves. They also need to be given plenty of opportunity to develop their talents. Girls who lack sufficient emotional support may feel neglected and unworthy of attention, and easily find themselves at greater risk of exploitation and abuse, even as adults. Raising Confident Girls provides parents and teachers with the best hands-on, practical advice available for nurturing girls in a changing and challenging social environment.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction, Self Help, Childrens, Education

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 24, 2001

Reviews

[Jenny Garone]

Wow. "Be nice to your daughter." "Listen when your daughter talks." "Don't make your daughter sit naked at the dinner table as a punishment." (No kidding, that was an example of how to ruin a girl's self-confidence.) I didn't finish this book, yet don't feel I'm jumping the gun by only giving it one star.

[Dina Benedetto]

I read this every time I can and review it with sticky notes on pages that really help me. I love this book each page has a title page followed up with a title and story followed by tips that I actually have time to read and apply.

[Lord Pete]

An important topic. Being a parent is hard. They say there is no text book to teach you. Much of what we do is our own learned behaviour. Girls are very special. But being a girl is very difficult particularly socially. This book gives good common sense guidelines. Helpful but very hard to put into practice.

[Hoan]

I really enjoyed the layout of this book and how it was broken into various sections and subsections within each that were easy to read an digest. I'm definitely going to have to reread and will be passing around to family members who have daughters.

[Tara Lane marineau]

Good tips and written in an easy way to thumb back through and find the topic you want to read again.

[Carmen Griffis]

Positive parenting tips for busy parents. Easy read with lots of relevant nuggets.

[Clarrisa]

Easy to read and understand. Comes with suggestions and examples.

[Dena]

This book was really amazing! I now have a daughter who has entered that difficult age group, and I was needing some guidance. This book had some really great insights and has really helped me with my parenting of my daughter(s). I highly recommend this book for everyone who is raising, has thought about raising, or teaching a girl. It was a really quick read, and I appreciated that it is more written as a list of good ideas rather than a lot of "fluff".

[Laura]

So obviously took me a while to finish but I do like the way it was laid out - I could read it in bits because the idea was discussed on the left page while the "tips" were on the right page. I marked about 20 of them as things I should think more about as a mom. I'd be interested to see how/if a book like "Confident Boys" would be different.

[Annette]

It's just that a list of tips. They are good tips, but I am so pragmatic I need better application and a way to remember the tips when in the room with my daughter. So the advice is a bit disjointed. I would prefer a how to style a bit more.

[Jenn Silagi]

This book is good starting point. It gives you tips on what to do, but doesn't really go into HOW to do some of the things. It's a good way to look at your parenting style and maybe look for another book in the areas where you may need some extra advice.

[Amy]

Most of the points in this book are common sense. But it might be helpful for teachers who do not have children.

[Shonni]

This book is full of great tips and is written very consisely and to the point.

[Audra]

Good intentions, and good advice. Just a bit shallow and redundant. Not anything that really stuck with me, but a good "try harder" boost for the moment.

[Stacy Thorson]

Pretty light. Obvious and shallow tips.

[Serena Meloun]

Great easy to read book about understanding girls and ways to better yourself as a parent.

[Martha]

Would be more useful with more examples.
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