When the Breast Fairy Comes: Understanding and Communicating With Your Daughter During Adolescence

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Summary: Thanks from a grateful grandmother.
Review: Kudos to the Breast Fairy author! My daughter, who had her own supreme struggles with the Breast Fairy as a teen, is now the mother of three girl-women (ah, justice!). We've both prayed for a book like this! Seldom does one find such an honest, clear, practical guide such as Stacey Roberts has written. Too bad this book can't be "required reading" after the baby shower, but then this gives loving mothers like myself a great gift for our daughters (and their daughters) when it's most needed! A grateful grandmother.

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Summary: Compassionate writing, for Dads, too; not just Mom/Grandmom
Review: Stacey Roberts is a trainer /coach /physical therapist/ counselor/ friend who has worked with adolescent girls for 15 years. She writes with wit and compassion about girls' teen years and their need for relationships to help steady down the turmoil in family and the developing self. While she cites various authorities on teen years, she has developed her own compassionate authority from her experiences. She is, in a sense, a "natural" therapist, one of those genuinely helpful persons who has great empathy for teens.

It is not so much a "survival guide" as an affirmation of how important relationships are, especially when they change during a girl's maturation. Roberts is clear about the importance of fathers in this affirmation. In a divorce situation, she astutely observes that girls often reserve their anger and confusion for their moms and hold back on their (more distant) dads. Her recommendations make good sense--talking things through, affirmation, being clear about limits, asking about the girl's feelings.

I think men will get a lot from this book, also. We know that when fathers pull back from daughters in their teen years, many girls end up hurt/confused/wounded/angry, so it is important to maintain an appropriate relationship with your daughter. Roberts is on the right track.

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Summary: Compassionate writing, for Dads, too; not just Mom/Grandmom
Review: Stacey Roberts is a trainer /coach /physical therapist/ counselor/ friend who has worked with adolescent girls for 15 years. She writes with wit and compassion about girls' teen years and their need for relationships to help steady down the turmoil in family and the developing self. While she cites various authorities on teen years, she has developed her own compassionate authority from her experiences. She is, in a sense, a "natural" therapist, one of those genuinely helpful persons who has great empathy for teens.

It is not so much a "survival guide" as an affirmation of how important relationships are, especially when they change during a girl's maturation. Roberts is clear about the importance of fathers in this affirmation. In a divorce situation, she astutely observes that girls often reserve their anger and confusion for their moms and hold back on their (more distant) dads. Her recommendations make good sense--talking things through, affirmation, being clear about limits, asking about the girl's feelings.

I think men will get a lot from this book, also. We know that when fathers pull back from daughters in their teen years, many girls end up hurt/confused/wounded/angry, so it is important to maintain an appropriate relationship with your daughter. Roberts is on the right track.

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Summary: When The Breast Fairy Comes; A Parents Survival Guide to Rai
Review: This is a quick, easy to read manual for parents who are looking for a full spectrum view of what their daughters will be exposed to during the decade of time between grade school and college. Having been both a middle school and high school Guidance counselor I would recommend this book to any parent who is seeking to provide a safe passage for their daughters into adulthood. The title is creative. The book is chalk full of easy to apply techniques.

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Summary: When the Breast Fairy Comes
Review: What a great tool that I will be able to use over and over. Anyone who is raising or involved in raising a girl will benefit from reading this book. I am a mom who is "IN IT" right now. It felt so good to read and see the things I am going through, are the same events others have experienced with their daughters. It happened so fast, and the changes occur so fast, that you feel you have lost that little girl that was just there. The inseparable connection to the telephone; the privacy issues; not talking to mom; boys; MOOD SWINGS! Ms. Roberts book helped me to better understand the changes and gave me ideas on how to maintain and even strengthen my relationship with my daughter. I am encouraged and dedicated by this book. Thank You

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Summary: Thanks from a grateful grandmother.
Review: When The Breast Fairy Comes covers the struggles faced by every parent of adolescent girls and provides practical advice based on parental experiences, the distilled thoughts of more than 200 adolescent girls, and child development specialists. When The Breast Fairy Comes applies to girls of all ages and prepares parents for the beginning, middle and end of adolescence. This is a compendium of sound, helpful, insightful, highly recommended information that can serve as a basis for establishing a rapport between parent and child that will last a lifetime.