Respect: A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing When Your Line Is Crossed Paperback – June 15, 2005

I am enjoy this book with my daughter. I was never taught how to have respect for myself or others. And there are some great helpful tips in this book. I was so glad that I order it for the both of us to read. I would tell anyone that would like a book on how to build yourself esteem and learn how to have respect for yourself and for others. To read this book.

A great workbook for a new generation of girls empowered with a strong belief in their own self worth, an understanding of how to set and respect borders, tools for self expression and a call to follow your passion. YES!

My daughter likes to read the self help books by herself so I like having them around for ger. This one had some great tips and advice.

This is a great book for girls becoming young women as they need to learn the new social rules as society changes the way its expectations of them.

Good book

I picked up Respect with a critical eye, fully prepared to read some fluffy, new-age, condescendingly grrrl-empowering text. Trust me, none of those adjectives fit this terrific resource. Authors Macavinta and Vander Pluym provide talking points for discussion and personal introspection on topics ranging from friends to family to the opposite sex to body image and self-image. The book is not a guide about what to think or do, but a template for drafting one's own guidelines and ethos. The authors continually recommend that young readers keep a journal and use specific topics and questions as launching points for making entries in the jounral.I read the chapter about romantic relationships with special interest. As a twenty-something professional, I considered the text from the viewpoint of a mentor or parent who is concerned about a youngster, as well as from my not-too-distant viewpoint as a rebellious teenager who was just knew she much smarter than her own parents. Well, it works. This is not a preachy book, so the reviewer below who found it non-abstinence-insistent was right. The text encourages parents and daughters to have open discussions (with specific topics and starting points), so that the daughter can form her own personal boundaries. If a tween girl drafts her own idea of boundaries and limits, with her own healthy reasoning, instead of being berated by parents and adults, she is going to follow them more intensely. One discussion topic is female sexuality in popular media, with the "shock" of Judy Blume's Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret in the 1970's and Eve Ansler's Vagina Monologues in the 1990's. Just reading that section makes me want to go back and talk to my 50-year-old mother about her experiences in the sixties versus her experiences raising me and taking me to sex education seminars with the Girl Scouts. I imagine it will raise healthy, bonding dialogue for parents of the next generation, too.Buy this worthwhile book, a package of sticky note tabs, a blank journal, and prepare for some open, important discussions in a well-structured, non-threatening environment.

I read this book while researching teen abuse and was very impressed. It gets all of those sensitive topics that adults and teens would rather ignore (not just sex, but abuse, eating disorders and difficulties in relationships and friendships) out in the open. The book teaches girls how to make good decisions for themselves while remaining open and communicating with friends and family. The theme is respect through empowerment and is targeted at an age group and gender that often (sadly) feel they have no power.It's down-to-earth and isn't preachy, which is important because kids tend to rebel against that method. I didn't always listen to my parents as a pre-teen and teen (shocker of the century) and I could've used the guidelines in this book to make better decisions rather than trying to do everything on my own. I especially like the activities in the book -- makes it interactive and personal. It's a great gift for a pre-teen or teen girl -- much better investment than a new shirt or iTunes gift certificate!

great content but low on pictures and white space & heavy on text and crowded format.