Furlough - Confident moms, confident daughters: helping your daughter live free from insecurity and love how she looks

I wholeheartedly recommend Confident Moms, Confident Daughters to you. This book is like a life preserver for any mom drowning in the difficulties of raising daughters in an image-obsessed world. These pages will help you and your girls live free from insecurity.

from the foreword by Jennifer Dukes Lee , mom of two teenage daughters and author of It s All Under Control , The Happiness Dare , and Love Idol

Confident Moms, Confident Daughters is the book my mom and I needed thirty years ago, as she battled her own body image issues and I was hospitalized for an eating disorder. The Confident Daughter Discussion Questions have sparked such nurturing conversations with my adult daughter, and the Confident Mom Challenges are both fun and healing. Thank you, Maria, for re-mothering the insecure little-girl part of this moms heart and for giving hope that it is never too late to live free in Christ!

Cheri Gregory , coauthor with Amy Carroll of Exhale: Lose Who You re Not, Love Who You Are, Live Your One Life Well

When I was growing up, I never felt confident in how I looked. My mom, bless her heart, would pinch the fat on my back just under my bra, reminding me I wasnt thin enough. She thought she was helping; she never knew that all it accomplished was to cause me to doubt I would ever be thin enough, pretty enough, or good enough to please her. Thank God mothering has changed since the late 50s and 60s! If youre the mom of a girl, you will appreciate the sound biblical wisdom and practical life applications (not to mention great prayers) in Maria Furloughs new book, Confident Moms, Confident Daughters . With honesty, clarity, and transparency, Maria shares her journey raising a daughter in todays world. Social media and all the images young girls face every day can easily cause them to compare themselves to others and lose confidence in who God has created them to be. Let Marias sound words help you navigate raising a God-centered girl in a self-centered world.

Kate Battistelli, author of Growing Great Kids and The God Dare and mom to Grammy Awardwinning artist Francesca Battistelli

This book is a compelling invitation to become the kind of women we dream our daughters will beconfident and content, secure and free. With humility and wisdom, Maria shows us how to surrender our insecurities and take hold of the confidence that is ours in Christ so that our daughters can do the same. Packed with practical tools and powerful application, Confident Moms, Confident Daughters is a lavish gift for any woman who wants to raise a girl who can look in the mirror and smile at what she sees. As a mom of three daughters and a mentor of many more, Ill be returning to these pages again and again.

Alicia Bruxvoort , mom of five and member of the Proverbs 31 Ministries writing team

In Confident Moms, Confident Daughters , Maria Furlough invites women to step into a new story of courage that radically redefines beauty and encourages our next generation of young women to rise up in godly strength, embrace a biblically accurate perspective of self, and pursue Christ-centered confidence.

Gwen Smith , host of the Graceologie podcast, author of I Want It All and Broken into Beautiful , and cofounder of Girlfriends in God

In Confident Moms, Confident Daughters , Maria reminds us that moms must live in transparent, healthy, and life-giving ways if we desire to raise girls who lean more on truth than on toxic mindsets and wayward cultural beliefs. I appreciate her honest portrayal of her own life and how she helps set us free from our past and nudges us toward a beautiful future as moms, daughters, and most importantly, daughters of God.

Amanda Bacon , mom of eight, author of Shiny Things: Mothering on Purpose in a World of Distractions , and cohost of the All the Mom Things podcast

Confident Moms, Confident Daughters is a much-needed resource for all of us in our journey to raise confident daughters. How can we lead them if we arent living it out ourselves? Maria tackles the issues of self-image, true beauty, and self-talk while we feel as though we are drinking coffee with her in real time. You will laugh, shed some tears, and gain confidence in what true beauty really isin fact, its already yours to have!

Lori Benham , wife of author and speaker David Benham and mom of four