She Deserves Better
- Marriage, Family & Relationships
- Women
- Publisher: Baker Books (Baker Publishing Group)
- Published: 2023
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Publisher's Description
You want your daughter to thrive--to be strong, confident, and equipped to step into the life God has for her. But what if the church is setting your daughter up to be small? Armed with data from an all-new survey of over 7,000 women, She Deserves Better reveals how experiences in church as teens affect women's self-esteem and relationships today. The authors expose common evangelical teachings that can backfire and instead advocate biblically grounded, freeing messages that are more about the dos and less about the don'ts. By reframing (and sometimes replacing) common evangelical messages to teen girls, this book will equip you to raise a daughter who● has strong self-esteem and confidence● draws bold boundaries● makes smart choices● resists toxic teachings● clings tightly to JesusLearn to raise your daughter as a strong, independent young woman who knows who she is, uses her voice, and confidently steps into the life God has for her. Because she deserves better than a faith that keeps her small.
Endorsements (10)
“Finally, a book I can recommend to parents who want better resources to talk about sexuality with their daughters! Sheila, Rebecca, and Joanna are an all-star team, confronting the harm done to our daughters in both the church and the world. The title says it all. Our daughters deserve better! Full stop. This book is full of thorough research, refreshingly commonsense biblical wisdom, and practical help on how to talk with our daughters and prepare them for confidence and maturity.”
“As a psychologist, I am confident in this book’s sound research, evidenced-based teachings, and emotionally healthy advice. And as a mother of a girl, I am looking forward to reading this with my daughter to create new teachings for her as I reconstruct them myself.”
Dr. Camden Morgante
“Though it’s written for moms and daughters, this book will challenge any ministry leader about ways we may have unwittingly dishonored God’s desires for women and men. Then it will equip us for a better way.”
“Raising both a son and a daughter, I see the profound need for healthy, data-driven, gospel- based resources to educate the new generation to make wise relational decisions untainted by fear or shame. We cannot effectively prepare our children for healthier relationships until we have courageously identified and untangled the false teachings that misled us in the past. She Deserves Better is more than just another book to read; it includes practical, real-life-ready discussion prompts and case-study scenarios created to spark a wide range of age-appropriate discussions between you and your daughter.”
“The Great Sex Rescue is exactly the type of book on sex I would want my college students reading. This next generation has been personally burned by bad Christian sex advice. Both women and men will benefit from The Great Sex Rescue, but I think young adults may benefit most.”
“This book is so incredibly powerful! If you’ve ever read a Christian book on sex and marriage, you owe it to yourself to read this one. Armed with extensive survey data and equipped with compassion and common sense, the authors dismantle the devastating myths long promoted by Christian leaders that have caused untold damage to generations of Christian women. Equal parts distressing and liberating, this book is desperately needed in this moment.”
“For too long, we have allowed our daughters to bear the burden of bad theology about what it means to be female. Well, no longer! Sheila, Rebecca, and Joanna provide a practical, candid, and theologically astute guide for mothers and daughters that exposes harmful teachings circulating in churches today and helps women rediscover their truest selves as ones loved and cherished by God.”
“In this book steeped in research and wisdom, Sheila, Rebecca, and Joanna unwind the false, shaming gospel of outward appearance and point our daughters to a true and confident faith—one rooted in a good Father who delights in his beloved and deems her worthy of healthy esteem and relationships. But perhaps one of this book’s greatest contributions will be the bold conversations it sparks between parents and daughters. If you have a daughter or are a daughter, your soul needs this book.”
“Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky’s invitation to raise girls who resist toxic teachings on sex, self, and speaking up is one that I’m gladly accepting! As a parenting educator and family-life coach, I have a special heart for helping parents who have been told damaging lies by the church about what it takes to be a “godly parent” that have led to disconnection and harm in their homes. Since mentoring our daughters about sex, self-esteem, emotional health, consent, firm boundaries, and bodily self-awareness is a requirement and honor for all parents, thank God for this book that alerts us to the dangers of mainstream Christian teachings and empowers us to be bold in our parenting in a way that honors Christ and our children. I’m extremely grateful for the research and solid advice presented in this book that give myself and the parents I support the courage to do things differently. I will be recommending it to all of my students at Fresh Start Family.”
“Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of Jesus and John Wayne “I cannot think of a more important book (outside of the Bible) that you must read. This book is the authentic gut-punch that the evangelical community needs. This exposes our historic dismal handling of sexuality and gives us a clear path forward to sexual maturity, wholeness, and health. I already want to read it again and will surely be telling my network to purchase this vital guide. Thank you for such a seminal work!”
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