Daughters in Danger: Helping Our Girls Thrive in Today's Culture

by Elayne Bennett

Overview

Many girls today are caught up in a world that devalues them and prioritizes perceived needs and desires, in ways that will break their very hearts. Much of our culture undermines girls and damages their souls.

Elayne Bennett has worked tirelessly in urban, suburban, and rural environments to bring hope and guidance to the lives of girls. In Daughters in Danger she reveals:

• How American families can rescue daughters from the negative and destructive patterns of our culture
• Why progressive feminism is the wrong answer and an inadequate solution
• How mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, friends, schools, colleges and universities can be involved in saving our daughters
• The success of the Best Friends and Best Men program models

We all—especially families—bear the responsibility for encouraging and supporting, training and directing, loving and cherishing daughters everywhere. This book is an inspiring call to take action for their sakes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781595554505
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	02/04/2014
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Elayne Bennett serves as the founder and director of the Best Friends Foundation and is an avid spokeswoman on issues of adolescent behavior and development. She is the wife of William J. Bennett and the mother of two sons.

Table of Contents

Foreword Meg Meeker ix

Preface xv

1 Life in the Fast Lane 1

2 In Loco Parentis 20

3 The Feminist Misdirection 30

4 The New Sexual Regime 42

5 Coming Apart 51

6 Suffering the Consequences 60

7 Beyond Abuse 66

8 Blaming Boys 79

9 Why the Home Matters 95

10 What Mothers and Sisters Can Do 115

11 What Fathers and Brothers Can Do 125

12 Why Healthy Relationships Matter 143

13 What Schools Can Do 160

14 What Universities Can Do 178

15 What Peer Groups Can Do 194

16 What the Rest of Us Can Do 219

17 What an Aware Young Woman Should Know 239

18 What Lies Ahead for Our Daughters 256

Best Friends Foundation Violence and Abuse Protocol 260

Notes 264

Acknowledgments 297

Index 301

About the Author 315