Dads Read Too

Now, I don’t fully understand what it is like to be a girl, but I’ve  heard  and  read  that it can involve some unique challenges.   As a parent, I want to be able to prepare my children for the experiences they will have, for the emotions they will feel, and the activities they will participate in. But I also realize on a fundamental level that I can’t empathize with all of the emotions my daughters will feel, and that I can't prepare them for all of the experiences they will have because I haven’t felt all of those emotions and experienced all of those experiences.  This is partly why I love this book - "Dear Girl" so much.  It provides a vehicle through which I can talk to my daughters about experiences they might have, and give them an empathetic or sympathetic ear to listen to them.    It was a collaboration by mother Amy Krouse Rosenthal & daughter Paris Rosenthal while Amy was undergoing cancer treatment and published po...