Raising a Modern-Day Princess
In the same tradition as Raising a Modern-Day Knight, this book is designed to equip parents to cultivate strong relationships with their adolescents. Raising a Modern-Day Princess stresses the importance of creating a rite of passage for te
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4 Stars Thought Provoking
Until I read Raising a Modern-Day Princess: Inspiring Purpose, Value, and Strength in Your Daughter, I never thought about how beneficial a rite of passage ceremony is to a young girl entering womanhood.
By celebrating the young woman in your life, you build her self-esteem and reinforce her faith. I guess if we don’t celebrate our youth, the world will. Offering step-by step tips, Raising a Modern-day Princess suggest ways to organize one of the most important events and milestones in your daughter’s life.
5 Stars A Must Read for Parents of Daughters
I have to say that reading this book has spurred me on to be more deliberate in making memories for my kids, and my daughter in particular. And to remind her of past events that she is too young to remember. And now, after reading this book, I have many ideas and strategies to keep that practice going.
Doreen and Pam have hearts for young women and it shows in their creative ideas to help make girls feel special and a princess of the King. The authors’ idea of building up young women through mentoring is Biblical - a practice that must be deliberate, thoughtful and bathed in prayer. We cannot just hope for it to happen. And crowning that mentoring journey (if I may be so bold as to use that phrase) is a special party honoring your princess. This party is akin to a sweet sixteen party or a debutante party, but families can create a party that fits within their budget and comfort zone. The important part is taking the time to honor and challenge the young lady to live a life of a daughter of the King. Which the mentoring process (before the party) focuses upon.
These ideas can be adapted to Non-Christian situations. Pam and Doreen show how civic and other community groups can facilitate these parties also.
4 Stars A Taste of New Traditions
As the mother of three up-and-coming princesses how could I possibly resist a Christian title named Raising a Modern-Day Princess? Short answer - I couldn’t! After the success of Tyndale’s Raising a Modern-Day Knight which encourages parents to guide young men through a faith-based, structured coming-of-age passage inspired by the codes of knight-hood, they began to watch for a female equivalent.
Pam Farrel and Doreen Hanna were the authors found with a vision for mentoring young women, for meaningful faith-based tradition building and rites of passage, for equipping young women to embrace a future as a daughter of the King. Combining their ministry and life experiences, these two women have come together to pen this introductory overview for every parent wondering how to breathe more life, more purpose, more meaning into the lives of their daughters, granddaughters, nieces, and any other young woman they may be blessed with the opportunity to influence for good.
Covering a fairly broad territory Farrel and Hanna discuss the importance of loving fathers in the lives of girls, receiving and giving mentorship, ideas for planning coming-of-age celebrations, blank forms, personal reflections, testimonies, and much more. While there’s certainly plenty included to get parents thinking in princess-mode,Raising a Modern-Day Princess clearly points to additional resources that provide an entire course of study for churches and community groups longing to equip their young women for a future spent serving the King.
A structured 10-week program leader’s guide is available throughTreasured Celebrations to help guide young women through vital, faith-based lessons related to becoming a young woman in Christ. Raising a Modern-Day Princess is almost an introduction to that course, or an orientation session in a book for parents, describing the importance of developing faith-based celebrations into the lives of our daughters.
Keeping in mind that this book doesn’t entirely stand alone, I was unable to resist looking forward with anticipation to my own children’s growth towards womanhood. Though I wasn’t a believer when I reached puberty, I doubt I could have resisted the compelling beauty of such a joyful, and supportive celebration had it been offered.
Investing in, and loving on our young ones is always a wise decision. Our young daughters will become the wives, mothers, teachers, missionaries, and world changers of tomorrow. Let’s speak into their lives when their hearts are tender and attuned to our counsel by coming together in times of beautiful celebration of God’s plan for them.
5 Stars Loved it
Great book for moms of daughters! This is a treasure for anyone who wants their daughter to grow up feeling loved and valued. Great ideas and interesting stories!
4 Stars Instill purpose, values and strength in your daughter(s) of GOD!
I love this book! It lets us as parents know how to raise our daughters to be Women of God. In today’s society we need to instill in our daughters, and the little girls in our lives, a sense of purpose, value and strength. Even though this book is not Latter Day Saint/Mormon, it is Christian and has a lot of what I was taught growing up. Growing up in a Latter Day Saint/Mormon family I felt the sense of purpose, value, and strength was very strongly instilled in me from my birth. Being able to go to church as a family is a great blessing. When I turned 12 I went into the Young Womens organization that is part of my church. The purpose of the LDS Young Women organization is to help each young woman, ages 12 to 18, “come unto Christ” (Moroni 10:32). I learned about the YW Values of Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity and Virtue. We recited the Young Womens Theme which had these princess qualities in them every Sunday. We were also given wonderful instruction by a pamphlet we received as youth in our church called “For the Strength of Youth: Fulfilling Our Duty to God”. In my opinion these things are much like a Rite of Passage for a young woman…something that reminds us to stay worthy. I am very blessed to be of goodly parents who brought me and my sisters up well and to have always known that I am a daughter of God.
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