Five Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter

by Courtney, Vicki

• ISBN13: 9780805446661
• ISBN10: 0805446664
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: B&H Books

Summary

From the cradle to college, tell your daughters the truth about life before they believe the culture's lies.For mothers with girls newborn to eighteen,Five Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughteris simply a must-have book. Youth culture expert Vicki Courtney helps moms pinpoint and prepare the discussions that should be ongoing in the formative years. To fully address the dynamic social and spiritual issues and influencers at hand, several chapters are written for each of the conversations, which are:1. You are more than the sum of your parts2. Don't be in such a hurry to grow up3. Sex is great . . . and worth the wait4. It's OK to dream about marriage and motherhood5. Girls gone wild are a dime a dozendare to be virtuousThe book also includes invaluable tips on having these talks across the various stages of development: five and under, six to eleven, twelve and up.

Author Biography

Vicki Courtney is founder of Virtuous Reality Ministries, producing online content and hosting events across the United States for preteen and teen girls and their parents. She is also the best-selling author of Your Girl, Your Boy, BeTween, and the ECPA "Medallion of Excellence" winner TeenVirtue. Vicki lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and their three children.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
You Are More Than the Sum of Your Parts	p. 5
Pretty Packaging	p. 7
The Size Demise and the Weight Debate	p. 17
Buyer Beware: Exposing the Media Lies	p. 31
Redefining Beauty	p. 47
Don't Be in Such a Hurry to Grow Up	p. 61
Girlhood Interrupted	p. 63
The Friendship Factor	p. 79
Boy, Oh Boys!	p. 91
Sex Is Great and Worth the Wait	p. 105
The Culture's Message: Sex Is Great-Why Wait?	p. 107
What the Culture Is NOT Telling Your Daughter about Sex	p. 117
Teen Pregnancy: Being Honest about the Options	p. 131
A Reality Check for Christian Parents	p. 145
A New and Improved Sex Talk	p. 155
Additional Conversations	p. 165
It's OK to Dream about Marriage and Motherhood!	p. 175
The Anti-marriage Agenda	p. 177
Hooking Up, Shacking Up, and Other Marriage Busters	p. 193
When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Mom	p. 207
Girls Gone Wild Are a Dime a Dozen-Dare to Be Virtuous	p. 223
Bad Is the New Good	p. 225
Princess Today, Royal Pain Tomorrow?	p. 235
The Timeless Qualities of a Virtuous Young Woman	p. 247
Appendix	p. 259
Notes	p. 263
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