Parenting Book Reviews
By offering a variety of resources for parents, we hope to assist them in their noble mission of forming their daughters to be passionate, confident, empathetic and service-oriented leaders. Check out these books to support your role as your daughter’s primary educator. Enjoy these reviews written by Oakcrest parents and staff.
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The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful: the Joys and Struggles of Real Married Life
In an honest and open conversation, Edward and Beth Sri, national marriage speakers, share the joys and the struggles of marriage with readers.Read More -
Compass: A Handbook on Parent Leadership
As Jim Stenson, author of Compass: A Handbook on Parent Leadership writes, "Let me be clear here. When I say "succeed, "I don't just mean parents' methods of discipline, or how they keep kids under control, or how they handle hassles in family life. These are short-term achievements but only part of real parental leadership."Read More -
Raising a Strong Daughter in a Toxic Culture: 11 Steps to Keep her Happy, Healthy, and Safe
Christmas gift alert: Here is a tidy little handbook for how to raise a daughter with character, confidence and resilience who is on a path to Heaven. In 11 easy steps!Read More -
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
It’s a stereotype with a lot of truth behind it: girls like to talk! Which makes for some very loud halls at Oakcrest.Read More -
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters
Looking for a Christmas gift for the father who has everything? Try Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, by Meg Meeker.Read More -
The Atlas of Beauty
What makes a woman beautiful?Read More
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The Five Love Languages
The best gift we as parents can give our children is to love our spouses.Read More -
The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed
In the tradition of Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel’s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and frustration that occur from life’s inevitable problems so that they can grow up to be successful, resilient, and self-reliant adults.Read More -
The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control over Their Lives
Want to learn what’s driving kids “NUTS?”Read More -
True Friendship: Where Virtue Becomes Happiness
“A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter: He that has found one has found a treasure,” a friend writes in a birthday card, quoting Sirach, and the recipient wonders if one could be paid a higher compliment.Read More
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