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Learn how to have important talks with your daughter about true friendship as you connect with her through eight creative, cost-effective, and engaging activities. Friends can make or break the life of a tween girl. That's why bestselling author Dannah Gresh, popular speaker and creator of the True Girl live events, designed this resource to help you protect your daughter from peer pressure and bullying and guide her toward healthy friendships that affirm her faith and self-worth. As part of each great mother and daughter ';date,' Dannah equips you to have meaningful conversations with your girl about how to make wise choices, overcome hurts and jealousy, ask for and extend forgiveness, and form a strong relationship with Jesus. This honest and biblically sound book helps you encourage your daughter to form friendships that allow her to flourish emotionally, developmentally, and spiritually.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	07 décembre 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736981927
Langue	English

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TALKING WITH YOUR DAUGHTER ABOUT BEST FRIENDS AND MEAN GIRLS
Copyright 2014 by Dannah Gresh
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97408
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
ISBN 978-0-7369-8191-0 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-8192-7 (eBook)
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Gresh, Dannah.
Talking with your daughter about best friends and mean girls / Dannah Gresh.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-7369-5529-4 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-5530-0 (eBook)
1. Mothers and daughters-Religious aspects-Christianity. 2. Friendship-Religious aspects-Christianity. I. Title.
BV4529.18.G743 2013
241 .676208342-dc23
2012047323
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A big True Girl squeeze to
My dear friends at Harvest House, including Barb Sherrill, Gene Skinner, and the whole crew. How tenured this faithful team is, and how very grateful I am that you see the value of the True Girl message.
Kelly (Witte) Nebel served as my research assistant for this project. She is a big book geek, just like me!
I could never write these books without my team at Pure Freedom holding all things together. Eileen King leads that team and is a great friend. She helped me revise this edition.
The biggest squeeze of all goes to my main squeeze, Bob. He had the vision for True Girl and still continues to sense God leading in special ways.
Thank you, Lord, for these friends!
I am forever in his great love.
- Dannah
Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
PART 1: GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER
Chapter 1: A Mother s Relationships
Chapter 2: Your Daughter s Relationships
Chapter 3: How to Use This Book
PART 2: 8 GREAT DATES
Date #1: True Friendship in God s Eyes
Date #2: Friendship with My Neighbor
Date #3: Friendship with Mean Girlz
Date #4: Friendship with My BFF
Date #5: Friendship with My Parents
Date #6: Friendship with My Siblings
Date #7: Friendship with God
Date #8: Friendship with Boyz
PART 3: DEVOTIONS AND OTHER GOOD STUFF
True Girl Mom-and-Daughter Devotions
True Girl FAQs for Moms
Notes
Girl Gab
Preface
H i, friend-
In your hand is one of the easiest-to-use resources you ll ever find. Let me give you a few key pointers about how to find things in this book. (In just a few pages, I ll explain how to use it and how to plan your mom-daughter dates.) But here s a quick look at what you ll see inside. (If you re a True Girl pro who is familiar with our 8 Great Dates, you can fast-forward past this part!)
Part 1: Getting to Know Each Other. This is a hearty hello and welcome to True Girl. The first two chapters contain some self-reflection on our own quest for true friendship as moms, and then a dose of truth about the relationship culture your daughter is growing up in. Skim them if you want, but don t skip the third chapter. It tells you how to use the book!
Part 2: 8 Great Dates. Here they are in all their glory-the True Girl 8 Great Dates that teach your daughter about best friends and mean girls! Glance through them and you ll see that each one is easy to use and very fun. (What mom wouldn t want to go on a shopping spree with her daughter?)
Part 3: Devotions and Other Good Stuff . This section is full of things you ll refer to as needed. Don t worry-I ll let you know when you need to dive in. The first part is the True Girl Devotions. You ll use these fantastic daily devotions after date 7, and I ll explain how at that point. The next section contains some frequently asked questions. I added this as moms wrote in with their most perplexing problems about best friends and mean girls. Finally, you ll find the Girl Gab pages for your daughter. These are similar to the Girl Gab pages you ll find in part 2, 8 Great Dates.
Enjoy!
Dannah
PART 1
Getting to Know Each Other
1
A Mother s Relationships
H ere we are.
You and I.
How ya been?
If I could take a pulse on your relationships right now, how would you fare? Is the heartbeat of friendship in your life strong and steady?
Or would you have to confess you have a little clogging of the arteries in that department?
Nearly comatose?
Or, worse yet, is there carnage all through your life because relationships have been a difficult business for you?
I have to confess that there s a little carnage in my path right now. That s not very common for me. It s been a painful year in the relationship department.
Trust was broken.
Accusations pierced my heart.
Territory was divided.
Tears continue to fall.
Can you identify? Just over a week ago, I was in bed having some kind of a seventh-grade pity party over all this friendship mess, when the thought actually ran through my head, No one really likes me. (Yes, I fully acknowledge that I was reverting to adolescent angst.) Specifically I thought, Laura doesn t really like me.
Now, my friend Laura loves me. I know she does. We ve walked through some of the ugliest things together, rejoiced at miraculous victories in our lives, prayed our blonde heads off, and laughed equally as hard-usually at just how blonde we can be. I don t know why she happened to be the one who ran through my mind, but she was.
I begged the Lord to tell my heart Truth and let me sleep. I soon drifted off.
But the next morning he brought me full circle to Truth. You see, my friend Laura is deeply connected to the Lord, and he spoke to her in real time. When I got to my office, I found a handwritten note from her confirming her love for me. I could not believe it. What are the odds? Well, I d never had a note from Laura in my office before!
I reached out to her and confessed how wrecked my heart was feeling.
I kid you not 20 minutes later there was a knock on my door. And Laura s sweet face and very pregnant belly were soon filling the door frame.
I thought maybe you could use a hug, she said.
My lips quivered and I felt so silly, but I leaned right into her round belly and received the embrace like a little child.
Let me take you to lunch, she said.
Oh, how she rescued me that day!
Proverbs 17:17 tells us that a friend loves at all times. Laura loved me when I wasn t very lovable. She listened to all my hurt and spoke strong rebukes to me because she knows that faithful are the wounds of a friend (Proverbs 27:6). I left lunch with homework to do in the relationship department assigned by my truth-filled friend, Laura.
Do you have just one friend like that?
If so, you are blessed!
If not, we ve got to get you some, girl!
You may have picked up this True Girl kit with the intention of helping your daughter navigate through the murky waters of relationships, but I m praying that it also helps you take the pulse of your own relationships. And to bring them into conformity with the heartbeat of our God!
Let s start with him, shall we?
Just stop for a moment and ask the precious Holy Spirit to make your heart receptive to the scriptural truth and encouragement in the pages ahead. After all, how can we teach our daughters to have healthy relationships if we ve not learned how to have them ourselves?
There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24).
His name is Jesus.
Talk to him right now.
2
Your Daughter s Relationships
I never really had sleepovers.
We had sleepovers-me and my mom!
I can still remember her perched on the edge of our basement stairs, that multishaded tan shag carpeting beneath her. We girls were all tucked into our sleeping bags in the dark, and the conversations began. Before I knew it, my mom was curled up right next to us answering questions about why boys are so noisy (they apparently just wanted our attention, but we shouldn t give them too much), what to do a