4.0 out of 5 stars
Understanding your teenage daughter, May 4 2009
This review is from: Dear Mom: Everything Your Teenage Daughter Wants You to Know But Will Never Tell You (Paperback)
My daughter is 16 months - far from the teenage years - but I thought this would give me some good insight on how to know a teenage girl. Let me first tell you that this is not a parenting book on how to deal with your teenage girl. It's more a get-to-know-what-your-teenager-thinks kind of book.
I remembered some of the things I used to think while being a teenager but I disagree with some other points in the book. For example, at one point the young lady is saying that she doesn't need mom to pick her clothes anymore because she has her own taste. I agree that teenager girls have their own taste and that moms cannot control them to the point of picking their clothes while shopping. BUT, I think it is important that parents put guidelines and make sure that their teenage daughters are dressing properly and not disrespecting their body. I want my daughter to be wise and modest in her choice of clothing.
At one point, there is a list of what she (the teenager) won't say when she is a mom. It made me smile because some of those things, I remember thinking that I won't say - like;
"Do you think I'm made of money?"
"Money doesn't grow on trees."
"Stand up straight."
And guess what... now that I am a mom I understand more about those things and I do say them. *grin*
Here's how I would use the book... I would be honest about reading for one thing. Let my teenage daughter see it. Read it together maybe and then discuss it. I know that going through teenage years are not easy and I want to be there for my daughter when she travels through those years. I want to be open enough that she can trust me in sharing her struggles and her joys.
I am not done reading the book just yet and I am planning the finish the 9 chapters left to read in the weeks to come. I am also keeping this book for future reference. Even though my little princess is far from it, it will arrive sooner than I will expect. Kids grow so fast!
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