Meg MeekerReseñas

Jan 2024 - 'I don't feel this book is harmful in any way, but it does lack scientific proof, and the author states her experiences and opinions as fact. I did find she overstated and over emphasized the differences between boys and girls to a point where it felt exaggerated. A lot of the advice to moms could be true of raising girls as well. For instance, science shows both boys and girls need secure relationships with a mother who listens, so they will talk. Yet she portrays this as a mom-boy thing. With that in mind, this book will help moms parent both their Sons and Daughters.'

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Great title, but really more of a personal memoir in the early chapters.

The beginning of this book brought tears to my eye. Meg brought some really touching stories / secrets to the light. The last half of the book was more preachy and fizzled out for me.

The book did make me wonder about looking from a "harder" or "softer" angle. Sometimes, you can be hard on yourself to do better or you can be soft on yourself and say you're perfectly fine the way you are.

Unlike the books, I've been reading lately, this book falls in the harder category specifically calling out fathers to do better.

A great aid, though archaic by tech savvy.½

Restoring the Teenage Soul will help you understand why our teens are getting into trouble. Why teens are depressed and suicidal. Why teens are looking for love in the wrong places. Dr. Meeker contends the fundamental needs of teens are not being met, which results in them trying to find their own way in an unfriendly culture. Yet all is not lost, if adults are willing to be there for the teens in their lives.

Uplifting, frank, encouraging, and conversational, Restoring the Teenage Soul will inspire any adult to get involved.

If you want some additional motivation to stand strong as a father, this is a good book to read. Hero is packed with good advice and stories of strong fathers.½

Think of this as your weekly guide to a better father, daughter relationship.

The author, Meg Meeker, writes a suprisingly touching book about fatherhood and daughters based on her professional experiences talking to trouble young women and the impact their fathers had on them.

Interesting with pratical guidelines and in some ways an eye-opener. She hits the right mix of stories and experiences without seeming preachy.

I really enjoyed this book and felt empowered as a father to not have a mentality of, "Well, my daughter is a girl so my wife should handle most of the parenting," which is a big issue I see when talking to other fathers with daughters. The statistics help support the importance of a father in the life of his daughter.

The author uses a lot of real life stories to share practical advice. I did feel as though a couple of the stories seemed fabricated from the dialogue she uses for them, so I needed to get passed that and apply the message of the stories.

My biggest take away is that a father CANNOT be passive. This really goes as being a parent in general, but she brings this point home by the end of the book.

I'm glad I read it and would suggest all fathers with daughters to read it.

Mostly focused on how boys need to be taught self-control - control over their bodies, their emotions, their intellect.
As boys grow they face limits - toddlers realize that things are possible but they aren't coordinated
enough yet. So it is a process of growing into new powers and facing the limits of those powers.

The new powers are things like physical strength or intellect. The limitations help them confront and master their emotions. Self-control leads to perseverance, virtue, courage, integrity, etc.

Boys in nature for instance confront their relative powerlessness when confronted with nature's power - gravity posing danger, waiting out a forest fire or flood, etc. That facing of powerlessness can result in a humbling which leads to humility.

Although there are a few parts to this book that I do not agree with or do not like how she words it (especially in relation to spirituality), I think it is a book that all fathers of daughters should read for at least a starting point. Some very shocking statistics. Overall, pretty good book.

Absolutely Fantastic Book! A must read for any one looking to understand the importance of a father-daughter relationship.

Very helpful in lighting a fire under fathers re: their importance to their daughters.

some obvious points, a lot of common sense but provides positive reinforcement and good to see a lot of it on paper

A very good reminder of the necessity for father's to pay attention to their daughters. Some people called this book "too scary" or "not inspriring." But it's great that she doesn't sugar coat the dangers our "toxic society" pose to young girls and women. The dangers are real. If you don't think so then you aren't paying attention to what's going on out there.

As a father of daughters this book didn't scare me...it gave me hope.½

Defines the epidemic of sexually transmitted disease in teenage populations, looks at some of the reasons why STDs have increased, in some cases more than five hundred percent in recent years, and offers advice on how parents, teachers, and other adults can help stem the tide.