Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, (Paperback)

from eenerd

Somewhat scary look into what it is like raising very young girls nowadays, given the constant barrage by media and the 24/7 access to technology. A sobering look into the impacts of these things as well as the things we as parents do and project onto our kids. Thought provoking and very readable.

from lycomayflower

Does much what it says on the tin, though comes to few conclusions (aside from "our role is not to keep the world at bay but to prepare our daughters so they can thrive within it," which I suspect is good advice about raising daughters in our media-saturated and increasingly girlie-girl culture, ...

from spoko

I regret that I can't really give a coherent review of this book, because I read it in fits and starts over a period of about two years. But I don't remember having many real issues with it, and I do have a general sense of gaining some insight through Orenstein's quest for her own understanding....

from marcejewels

From my blog I thought this was an interesting read. I have a 4 year old daughter that is all about pink. At night after I read a story to her I pull out my Kindle and read with the kindle light, well the ironic funniest comment she made while reading this book was. "Mommy when I get older I am g...

from abbylibrarian

This is a readable and fascinating book about girlie-girl culture and one woman's attempts to keep her daughter from falling headfirst into the stereotype abyss. Topics range from Disney Princess to American Girl to Twilight to Miley Cyress and more. Peggy Orenstein has written and talked about a...