I was so grateful when I knew I was going to get an advanced copy of Love Her Well.
As a mom of teenagers whom I consider amazing girls, it was really wonderful to see that a mom wrote a positive book about girls in the teen years.
I often see negative posts about teens on social media and it really hurts my heart.
No, I don’t think my daughters are perfect and, trust me, if anyone knows their imperfections is ME!
However, I don’t think that publishing our frustrations is the answer to make our relationship better.
And speaking of deepening our relationship with our teen daughters, Love Her Well is all about that, and it truly delivers actionable steps to do that.
I particularly love how the author recognizes that “parents love to commiserate over the agony of raising teenagers” and asks us to ponder about how we would feel if we found a book on our daughter’s nightstand with the title “how to deal with a difficult mom.”
It’s all about perspective!
Favorite Parts in Love Her Well
The whole thing is gold, but I chose a few parts as favorites in the book:
The core beliefs about parenting
Exploring how a mom’s words hurt a daughter
The blind spots in parenting
What parenting from fear and not from love looks like
Thirty five ways to speak life to a teenager
Fourteen realities impacting today’s teen girls
Observations on the teenage brain
Twenty-four ways to prepare your teen daughter for the road
Modeling God’s mercy
Ideas to deepen a mom-daughter connection
Ten ways to see the good in your daughter
Fifteen ways to being her emotional coach
Thirty five ways to enjoy your teenage daughter
Fifty prayers for your teenage daughter
Those are a lot, I know, but I can relate to so many of these practices and I know they work.
I also loved the car time ideas, because I love car time with my girls, as a way to enjoy and laugh together.
The reminder that I will never be the perfect mom never gets old either.
About “Love Her Well”
For many women, having a baby girl is a dream come true. Yet as girls grow up, the narrative of innocence and joy changes to doom and gloom as moms are told “Just wait until she’s a teenager!” and handed a disheartening script that treats a teenage girl’s final years at home as solely a season to survive.
Love Her Well is a realistic yet optimistic guide to help mothers connect with their teenage daughters through the challenges of adolescence.
Written by Kari Kampakis, a mom of four girls and an author for teenage girls, it is packed with powerful insights, relevant stories, timeless truths, and common mistakes made in the mother-daughter relationship.
By building a connection with your daughter as you parent her, you’ll gain a voice in her life that allows you to offer guidance, wisdom, and emotional support. Let’s change the narrative that leads moms to parent girls with a spirit of defeat – and instead parent them with a spirit of strength, especially during the critical teenage years.
I’m so excited for her book launch.
Love Her Well Book Scripture Guide
The Love Her Well book is filled with reflections and Bible verses.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Ephesians 3:20
John 10:10
Romans 8:31
Exodus 4:12
Ephesians 4:29
Ephesians 4:26
John 6:68
1 John 3:18-20
Hebrews 4:15
John 16:33
Proverbs 18:13
John 15:12
Hebrews 12:11
2 Timothy 2:17
Psalm 112:7
Proverbs 29:17
Matthew 5:7
1 Corinthians 15:57
Galatians 6:9
John 8:32
Proverbs 27:17
John 15:5
Matthew 7:3-5
Philippians 1:6
1 Corinthians 2:9
1 Samuel 16:7
Ephesians 2:10
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Founder of the Positive MOM® and creator of the S.T.O.R.Y. System: a blueprint to craft and share powerful stories that will transform your results and help others do the same. Dr. Elayna Fernández is a single mom of 4, an award-winning Storyteller, Story Strategist, and Student of Pain. She’s a bestselling author, internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, and 5x TEDx speaker. She has spoken at the United Nations, received the President’s Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award, and was selected as one of the Top Impactful Leaders and a Woman of Influence by SUCCESS Magazine. Connect with Elayna at thepositivemom.com/ef and follow @thepositivemom. To receive a gift from Elayna, click HERE.
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