Raise your daughter to like herself 

If you can get this right then everything else will follow. 

A girl who likes herself will strive for excellence not because she's the hectored cub of a tiger mother and father, but because she has faith in her ability to achieve it. She will range far beyond her comfort zone because she's adventurous and because failure is just a sign that she's still learning. She’ll have the confidence to pick herself up and try again. She will insist on healthy relationships because she will believe she deserve nothing less. She will nurture her physical and mental health because it’s natural to care for what you love. She will be empathetic and open-minded because she will not be threatened by difference or need to tear other people down to feel better about herself. She will be joyful and strong, knowing she is her own greatest friend and most capable ally.

Yes!

There is no doubt that the challenges our girls face are huge. And at times, they can feel overwhelming.

But here's the thing: we can give up and surrender or we can fight for our daughters' rights to grow up happy, healthy and whole.

When our first daughter was born in 2009 we made a vow that despite the toxic influences that we couldn't control, we were not going to go down without a fight. We turned our attention to the things we can control and working out how we can give her the skills and tools she needs to navigate these challenges.

Every single strategy we teach in this book is backed by high quality evidence, and combined in our comprehensive program, they will help your daughter to thrive, no matter what obstacles she faces.

Many parenting books provide solutions to specific problems. For example, "How to deal with tantrums?" and "How to deal with screens?".

And that's great. We've read stacks of them over the years. But Raising Girls Who Likes Themselves provides a comprehensive approach and guiding principles to help you deal with the challenges you face as a parent —even the ones you haven't thought about yet.
We promise you, if you are able to build the 7 pillars necessary to raise a girl who likes herself then EVERYTHING becomes easier.

We are not here to make you feel bad. 

Yes. 

The focus of this book is girls because we are the parents of girls. But many of the challenges faced by girls in today's society are faced by all children.

Problems such as poor body image and disordered eating which predominantly affected girls in the past are becoming more common in boys.

Our 7 essential parenting pillars will help all children to grow up liking themselves.

Families come in all different forms: heterosexual parents, same-sex parents, separated and blended families, legal guardians and multi-generational families, all of which can be springs of love.

For simplicity we have referred to the carers of children as ‘parents’, ‘mothers’ and ‘fathers’.

We consider these to be roles that can be fulfilled by any number of people in a child’s life, not limited by biology, gender or family structures.