Empowered: A Journal for Teen Girls: Reflective Prompts to Inspire a Confident You

With the pandemic and summer too, it's been rough on the kids not in school and can't go many places. I purchase this little inspiration book that y teen age niece could "get acquainted" with herself and take time off from the iphone. this book is very easy reading, and encourages young girls to be positive, and sure of themselves as they example different things and people in their lives. I recommend this book for all pre-teen and young teen ladies. It is inspiring, and entertaining for them) encourages self awareness.

Gifted this book to my niece who is at a major crossroads in her life. The thoughtful and intentional journal prompts call for true self reflection and awareness which can be challenging in today’s social media fueled environment. The journal prompts, words of affirmation, and quotes from successful women provide the perfect tool kit for young girls (and adults) to leverage as they learn to love themselves unconditionally, grow more confident, and become their best advocate.

I was provided with an advanced review copy and absolutely loved it! I bought another copy for my godbaby who is entering her teen years and can’t wait for her to read and learn from this incredibly timely journal. I really enjoyed the references to and quotes from historically brave women who inspire me to this day!

Very helpful insight. Encouraging. Niece loves to journal now

The book was one that I also bought with several others to help my teen understand the process her body will be going through.

This book is a Godsend for tween and teen girls who are at that precarious age and stage - teetering on the precipice of adulthood and still members of childhood. Issues such as feeling excluded; school and family social issues and bodily changes are discussed. Sexism is still sadly an issue. Fortunately the current literature recognizes the worth, validity and equality of girls and women. Hopefully the days of media featuring yucky princesses who are vain and vapid spoiled entitled cushions are over.Kudos to Charmaine Charmant who has embodied the 1997 term "girl power" and books such as this empower girls to revel in their individuality and explore it further.Omit words like comfy; cozy; fluffy; frilly; demure; and prim. Replace them with active; adventurous; agile; avid; confident; curious; daring; determined; independent; individual; intelligent and resourceful. That is what is so wonderful about this book - it affirms girls and women to claim their voices and not voice agreement. It encourages meetings of the mind. I can't say enough good things about this book.

I ordered this for my 12 y.o. niece and read it when it arrived to make sure it was something that would not only benefit her, but that she would be interested in using. She does some journaling on her own and has enjoyed other prompted journals I have gotten her in the past, but this one is different. We all know how cruel (let's face it, saying "mean" doesn't cover what some kids do anymore) kids can be. My niece isn't morbidly obese, though with the onset of puberty a little over a year ago she has gained some weight and unfortunately developed physically at a faster rate than her female classmates. She's been working successfully with her doctor to lose a total of 20# the doctor said she needed to lose (she's lost 13# so far), but that doesn't stop her chest from getting larger. She's also a very talented artist and on the shy side. The verbal and online taunts and barbs from classmates as she's been going through are horrible.So all of this horse manure above is one reason why I chose this journal for her. We(her family) and her close friends have been talking to her as well, but the body shaming and lewd comments have affected her self-esteem. Some of the bits of this journal she has called me to talk about while she writes, and it's been therapeutic for her. It took her awhile to start this journal as she didn't want another book telling her to just ignore toxic people without any tips on how to do so or to work through the hurt of things nasty people say. One thing she likes most about this journal is that it doesn't promise to magically erase what's going on, which she thinks is as stupid and demeaning as the crap kids her age spew towards each other. This journal has been providing her an outlet for her feelings and a guide path to work through the storm of emotions. The format used is one she plans to copy over into another blank journal in order to continue using the various questions and writing prompts she finds the most helpful since she's well aware her classmates are going to harass her and each other until the day they graduate high school (and some will continue on beyond that).And this isn't some "ra-ra femin@zi propaganda", either (I mention this because her 86 y.o. grandfather saw the title and dismissed and degraded it as such. He's also made rude comments to her about her weight and development, so she tries to stay away from him as much as possible but couldn't at Christmas when he saw this book. Fricking jerk.) It also isn't a miraculous cure-all that will endow a teen with teflon emotional armor by the end of the last page. It's a tool to help girls keep their heads above water as they go through the years when emotions are always at the surface and they don't yet have all the tools and skills they need to deal with manipulative, rude, lewd, two-faced, or snotty people with their petty jealousy and own insecurities. Teens can use the writing prompts as questions for others to help open up a conversation if they aren't the type who enjoy writing.