I've been reading Mary Piper's book Reviving Ophelia this week. I had read another book by Piper called Another Country when I was an undergrad. Mary Piper is a therapist whose books are for the therapists and non-therapists. I really liked Another Country: it was about older people and how my generation can connect with them. It was required reading for a Romans bible class I took. We talked about generational groups within the church and how that can divide us. Another Country gave us ideas on how to close in the generational gap. Reviving Opelia was written before Another Country, but I still think it still relates to our young girls today - if not even more so. Piper discusses all the troubles that teenage girls are faced with in today's world - how radically different it is from pre-80's days. It's given me a better understanding about my adolescent years, compassion for troubled girls, and ideas on how to parent when I one day have teenagers.
I've enjoyed reading a book that is not in my field but still thought-provoking.
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I'm glad that you wrote that because now I'm going to have to read them! I'm really thinking about doing a junior high girls class but I wanted to do a mom's class first (so they know what I'll be telling their little girls) and I think that these would be good books for me to read. Let me know of any others!
if i come across any other good reads i'll let you know...
josh put together a topical study for teens awhile back when he was the youth minister in OKC. it was more geared for hs, but probably could be made suitable for junior high. let me know if you want a copy.
i could send it electronically.
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