February 21, 2008 12:30 PM
Dove ads - give your girls security and love
Plowing through a few days' email. You all send me so much brilliant and thought-provoking amterial!
Martha Sears passed this on - a true wake-up call for parents (remember I talked last week about how our kids are absorbing the images that are bombarding them each day?):
Dove titled that video Onslaught. The next is True Colors:
A powerful reminder to us all to make our daughters feel secure and loved for who they are. And to equip them to put distorted media messages in perspective.
Dads, your role in this is so important! As the mother of four once-upon-a-time teenage boys, I've spent a lot of time observing how teenage girls behave around them. I can almost tell at a glance which girls come from secure home with close relationships with their fathers. Those who don't enjoy that secure father/daughter relationship are always seeking affirmation from other males - and often in desperate and inappropriate ways.
Let's make sure our daughters know that they are truly beautiful and loved.
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Comments
Wow, thank-you for the videos. They're awesome. Something to definitely talk about with my little one, as she grows! :-)
Aisha
Posted by: Aisha Hoffman | February 21, 2008 1:43 PM
Those are great! And whole-hearted agreement for your encouragement to dads. Keep TOUCHING them lovingly and appropriately, even when they are getting older and it feels awkward! Girls with emotionally distant fathers fall into anorexia and inappropriate physical relationships with boys with extreme readiness. (I know personally: I did on both counts.) Not to mention the spiritual chains such fathers leave...
Posted by: marian | February 21, 2008 4:20 PM
This is a link to Dr. Meg Meeker's book that analyzes the father/daughter relationship. Very powerful!
http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Fathers-Daughters-Secrets-Father/dp/0345499395/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203652405&sr=1-1
My husband and I both read the book. More than anything we have read so far, this book helped him become aware of his important influence in our daughters' overall image of themselves.
Angela V.
Posted by: Angela V. | February 21, 2008 11:13 PM
A good friend who had a very rough childhood refers to herself as "Father Hungry" It unfortunately explains way too much of her past and sometimes current behavior. I should be praying more for her daughters.
Posted by: Jane Duquette | February 21, 2008 11:25 PM
