Meg Meeker

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 show more mom-boy thing. With that in mind, this book will help moms parent both their Sons and Daughters.' show less

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 show more out fathers to do better. show less

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 show more 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. show less