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I remember being on a vacation once with my children and my mother. We stopped at a small bed and breakfast for the night, and when we headed to our car in the morning, we found a flat tire. What to do, when you’re in the middle of nowhere, and the only male around is the 70 something year old innkeeper? You do what any daring girl would do - you get on your knees in the driveway, pull our the spare, and start in on the lug nuts…and that’s just what I did.
Let’s face it, there are certain things that every girl should know how to do for herself. The Daring Book For Girls is geared to a teen / pre-tween audience, so automotive maintenance isn’t covered, but science projects, friendship bracelets, and great women in history ARE covered. When the book arrived at my house, I promptly handed it off to my soon to be 12 year old so that she could read it and share her thoughts with me:
The book had a lot of fun stuff to do that you don’t need help with. I learned about making tents, camping, games, and playing sports. I liked that it was mainly for girls and things that I didn’t know a lot about. I found a lot of things I would like to try.
Of course, I looked through the book myself, and I was impressed. It’s like a handbook to being the coolest mom or big sister ever. You can learn how to properly wash a car (and it doesn’t involve paying someone else to do it) or how to sing campfire songs, or how to do karate moves. The book can even improve my standing with my son, since it has easy steps on how to create a paper airplane. Doing the activities together will give you something to share. If your daughter opts to work alone - let her - you might be amazed at what she comes up with!
I’m all for anything that gets my kids off the computer and away from the television, and this book seems like just the ticket. It’s a bit of a return to another era, when kids didn’t have online games and DVD players to distract them, and there’s nothing wrong with that! The Daring Book For Girls will inspire your girls to learn more, to do more, and to BE more.
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Hey! You stole my idea!
This is one of the books I’m getting for MM. I saw it a few weeks back and knew it would be just perfect!