I appreciate you for being here.
My intention behind this book is to create a safe space for parents of high performing teenage girls, and to provide them with a guide map and some tools relevant to their unique parenting journey.
It pains me when I hear that parents of high performing teens are told things like:
“Isn’t she doing well at school? Isn’t she healthy? That’s all that matters. Be grateful and stop complaining.”
“You’re lucky she’s not doing so and so …”
“You worry too much. She’ll turn out just fine.”
The above remarks leave you frustrated as a parent who’s trying to voice out your concerns.
What often happens is that you start to second-guess yourself. You think maybe they’re right about you worrying too much. You stop asking. You suffer in silence.
At one point, if life gets too exhausting, you even stop trying to do something about it. You let things be. You settle for less.
‘Settling for less’ is the greatest dimmer of your kid’s light.
Please don’t settle.
I wrote this book for you, the mother who is refusing to settle.
Your daughter needs you. Help her grow as the brilliant soul she is.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Marianne Williamson
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