Raising Girls, Melissa Trevathan
Raising Girls, Melissa Trevathan
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Raising Girls
Learn How to Encourage, Challenge, and Inspire Your Daughter to Discover Who God Is Calling Her to Be

Author: Melissa Trevathan, Helen Stitt Goff

Narrator: Sandra Burr

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 10/13/2009

Synopsis

"My six-year-old fusses with her hair for hours. Is this normal?" "Yesterday my seventh grader was all sunshine. Today she's wearing black and won't leave her room." "I'm worried my teenager may have an eating disorder."In today's complex world, parenting a girl is harder than ever. It takes more than love. It takes insight into the things that make your daughter tick as she grows from childhood to young adulthood.Drawing on the authors' fifty-plus years of combined counseling experience, Raising Girls takes you inside the mind and soul of your girl. You'll obtain seasoned, expert insights onYour daughter's different stages of development from ages zero to nineteenHow you can effectively relate to her at each stageWhat is normal behavior, what isn't, and when and how to interveneHow to deal with self-destructive behavior such as eating disorders, cutting, or experimentation with alcohol. . . and much moreSpiced with stories, humor, and much reassurance, Raising Girls will help you encourage your daughter, challenge her, love her, and help her discover who God is creating her to be.

About Melissa Trevathan

Melissa Trevathan has been a youth director, a teacher, a retreat leader, and is now the founder and executive director of Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville. She's worked with kids, teenagers, and adults for over 40 years. She's been a guest on TV and radio programs in the US and Canada, and cowrote two other books with Sissy Goff. When she isn't counseling, writing, or teaching seminars, she hangs out with her old English sheepdog, Molasses.

About Helen Stitt Goff

Sissy Goff has been the director of child and adolescent counseling at Daystar since 1993. She's been a guest on TV and radio programs across the US and Canada and speaks at churches, schools, youth conventions, and parenting seminars. She's written for CCM magazine and cowrote two other books with Melissa Trevathan. Sissy lives in Nashville with her little Maltese, Noel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabriella on August 10, 2024

If you have a daughter, please read this. If you are a daughter, please read this. There were moments while reading this book where things in my own heart were brought up and needing to be dealt with. There were also moments where I could see my daughters so clearly in what was written, and moments......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on September 11, 2017

Oldie but goodie. Would love for them to do some revisions based on cultural changes in last 10 years (social media, technology, post-millenial). Might be the same grid can be used, but there are certainly new challenges as well.......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on July 06, 2024

So thankful.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on January 25, 2019

I loved this book. It is broken down into age groups and gives great information about the developmental milestones and challenges that girls face at different stages. They also outline ways that we can help and support them during that time. I also love that it is faith based and they talk about sp......more

Goodreads review by Joanna on March 10, 2024

I’m sad to say I was a little disappointed with this book! It’s quite dated, and feels like it could have gone deeper into more topics. I love the Raising Boys and Girls Podcast, though! Great content there......more

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