Femininity: Lindsey's Ideas

We've been discussing femininity for several days now, and I'd like to bring to your attention a comment that Lindsey left about this on my last post. It is so good, I didn't want you to miss it!

I have the book Raising Maidens of Virtue and it is VERY good! While a few of the ideas are a bit more conservative than I'm used to (I'm not against mixed swimming) I think it is a really awesome book and plan to go through it with Ali as a Bible Study when she's preteen/young teen. GirlTalk is also a great website and the book they wrote together Girl Talk: Conversations for Mothers and Daughters on Biblical Womanhood is also a favorite of mine I want to share with Ali in her teens.

My mom showed me how to sew, giving me a little hand-sewing kit at age 6 which was the envy of all of the neighborhood, and teaching me how to do crafts and did a little Bible Study with me each Friday afternoon during some of the stages of my growing up years. She paid for Brio [a Focus on the Family magazine for teen girls] for my first few years and that magazine really encouraged me SO MUCH in living for God as a young woman. Most of all she was just there to listen at all times when I needed to talk or to vent.

I think the role of the father in the life of a girl is really important too. I know Ali will have even MORE encouragement in godly femininity than I had because her Daddy spends so much time with her, tells her he loves her and that she's pretty, and takes her on little dates, things I didn't get growing up. With that kind of male encouragement from a godly father, a young lady can truly blossom!

Lindsey, thank you for sharing your personal experiences and excellent resources with us! I'll definitely be looking into Raising Maidens of Virtue by Stacy MacDonald. (I also recommend the book she co-authored with Jennie Chancey, Passionate Housewives Desperate for God.)

This is exactly what I was hoping for--each of us sharing what we've learned about femininity so that we all might grow in our understanding of it.

Feel free to add your ideas to our discussion as well! We have so much to learn from each other!