Put on Your Crown ~
Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom
Queen Latifah
This work is a must-read for all young women!
We've truly come a long way, Baby, but we have so much further to go!
The challenges facing young women are paramount.
One out of every four women will be sexually abused or assaulted within their lifetimes.
Low self-esteem, spurred on by media-warped concepts of the ideal female body, lead to alarming numbers of girls with eating and other psychological disorders.
Substance abuse, poor relationship choices, peer pressure, shoplifting and apathy.
Our girls are facing seemingly insurmountable obstacles on the path to a healthy, happy and productive life.
Queen Latifah speaks openly and honestly in her book, Put on Your Crown, about her experiences, both good and bad, her inspirations, her heroes and her successes. The tone of the work is straight-forward, in such a fashion that it reads as though you were sitting with her, having a conversation. Her message is true and strong: there is a queen inside each one of us. We must reach out to those who can love and support us for guidance. We must make the, often, difficult decisions and stay true to ourselves. We must accept that we may, and will likely, fall on our path, but we can get back up. We must never give up on our dreams.
As a mother of a teen, I found this book a gift. Although I'm fortunate in that my teen does still listen to me, although often it isn't evident by her attitude and responses. True, she often rolls her eyes and is texting in her pocket while she feigns paying attention to me. It does sink in, though, so I won't ever give up. Usually, one or two days later, she'll make a comment, in reference to our talk, that tells me I got through to her! I'm so grateful for that as I have watched her sometimes wobbling on the brink of making the right choices and staying true to herself. I know she make it and become all that she wants to be. And I'll be there for her every step of the way.
Some of her friends...well, I have grave concerns. Two in particular are getting a copy of this book! I'm certain you know someone who could benefit from it as well!
Read more about Put on Your Crown using the link at the bottom of the post.
Learn more about Queen Latifah here.
You can buy a copy here.
***GIVEAWAY***
Four lucky winners will win a copy of their own! I have three hard copies and one audio copy available.
This giveaway will run until August 21, 2010, at which time I will select a winner using Random.org. The winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond before I move on to a runner up, again using Random.org. Please leave your email in your comment so I have a way to contact you if you are a winner. Hard copies are supplied and shipped by sponsor. Audio copy will be supplied and shipped by That's What She Said. Open to US/Canadian residents, 18+. Sorry, no P.O. boxes.
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THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED.CONGRATS TO BETTY C, COMMENT #72; ALTMUSIKFANZINC, COMMENT #19; SALANDER SERVANT, COMMENT #55 AND APE2016, COMMENT #14, COURTESY OF RANDOM.ORG!
I received a copy of this book to review. Images are from sponsor. The opinions contained within this post are my own.
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I guess I'll be the first, I already follow via GFC, I've heard it's a great read, so drop my name in the hat to win
I follow and I think the biggest pressure today for younger women is probably the pressure to 'put out.'
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I would love to read this and follow on gfc. I think the hardest thing facing girls these days is the constant media portrayal of being scary thin is necessary. It ruins so many girls.
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I follow on GFC with ape2016. I think the biggest concern for young women is early and overt sexualizing of young girls and teens. I feel that it starts girls on a path of judging their worth as pretty objects, not as people.
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The pressure society puts on young women to always look skinny
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I follow you under SalanderServant. The biggest challenge to women today is overcoming society's skewed messages and examples in regards to equality, appearance, pay differential, health, and personal choice.
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I follow via GFC Susan Smith I think there is a lot of pressure on women to be good wives, mothers and be good in the workplace
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I think the choice to be independent and not a follower, is the biggest challenge.
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I follow via GFC as Betty C. There are so many pressures on young women it's hard to choose just one. One thing that is widely overlooked is the pressure to have all the gadgets that everyone else has from cell phones to laptops. And it seems to start younger every year.
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I follow as Nancy Schools. Young girls today are forced to be too thin. When I was a teenager, a size 5 was tiny. Now everyone's a 0.
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I follow you as jayfr. I think young women have a hard time with cliques, seems there is more bullying now than in the past.
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