Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters

5 Responses to “Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters”

1. Anonymous says:

   October 15, 2010 at 9:07 pm

   A must read for anyone raising or effective with young girls. And if you reflect this book is phenominal, don’t pass up an opportunity to hear her speak. She’ll knock your socks off!!!
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
2. Carrigan says:

   October 15, 2010 at 9:17 pm

   This book does not stray an inch from the usual ‘Raising Daughters: For Dumb***es’ formula, which consists of the following:

   1) Pop-science involving the brain and hormones is used to ‘confirm’ the most banal stereotypes about females. If you’ve heard the ones about how they are supposedly all more ‘empathetic’ and ‘relational’ than males, you have heard the basic premise of this book. The leader even mentions something about how she believes that stereotypes ‘usually hold truth’.*

   2) The sort of trite parenting advice that was once called ‘common sense’ but is now called ‘marketable’. Plenty of tiresome and unenlightening ‘real-world examples’ are used as padding to make up for the book’s lack of anything that can be called substance.

   * Indeed — but only if one doesn’t bother to look any further.

   In fleeting: don’t be a sucker. Hopefully this review will be of help.
   Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
3. Jeri Noble says:

   October 16, 2010 at 12:17 am

   We’re privileged to have Dr. Deak’s experience in the
   crucible of girlhood, an educator/psychologist in the public
   school system, to inform us of the facts and superstitions of
   young ‘femaleness’.

   We’re open with current neurological theories of the
   compound differences between boys and girls and agreed
   copious ways of accomodating these differences.
   Examples are varied and there’s a clear delineation of the
   needs and cultural conditions that today’s young woman is
   open with.

   This is an vital work for all parents, including the parents
   of boys. I feel that we’re aided in a more conscious form of
   child-raising through the thoughts laid out here and may find
   that a more positive impact is made on this future generation
   as a result of our implementing them.
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
4. Sarah says:

   October 16, 2010 at 12:22 am

   I am simply bewildered at the rave reviews this book has received. Perhaps Dr. Deak is a better speaker than writer, but I have establish small useful in this book, and (as a biologist) am frankly annoyed at her ignorance about hormones, dendrites, and even attachment theory. It’s just a rambling string of tales from her own childhood and experience as a school counselor, lacking any original insight for handling my daughters. It also really bugs me how she under-excise girls’ math and physics abilities, adage “girls tend to like arithmetic more than mathematics”–whatever that means. I’ll confess I’m only middle through, but don’t reflect I can stomach any more of the stereotyping, pointless anecdotes, and obvious parenting tips.
   
   Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
5. mommy says:

   October 16, 2010 at 1:59 am

   Not exactly what I expected. I was looking for something targeted to younger age (5-teens) to start with, and something with more practical advice on how to deal with certain stages and issues. This books deals with older gils and it is written in the language that is hard to read.
   Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5