a guide to starting your own book club to help raise strong, confident tweens

I’m on a mission to empower our tweens and raise confident, strong, healthy and happy young girls and therefore have created a new session offering called Tween Uprising (more on that later, for now – go follow my new instagram page here).

One of the ways I believe we can achieve this is by solidifying the bond between mothers and daughters and a simple way to accomplish this goal is by starting a tween mother-daughter book club to build self esteem and provide tools to help navigate the issues girls face today. This offers a way to spend some special time with your daughter to explore ideas and feelings and encourage meaningful conversation for tricky topics. I believe communication between mothers and daughters has never been more complex or more crucial.

Why start a mother-daughter book club?
Besides the obvious reason of helping build your child’s reading skills and love of books, mother-daughter book clubs have many valuable benefits including:
-providing more challenging books for strong readers
-providing additional practice for weaker readers
-building strong emotional bonds with daughters
-provides a safe place to talk about books without a test or grade afterwards
-social opportunities for mothers
-social opportunities for girls
-addressing important aspects of family life, such as imparting religious values, reinforcing racial identity, or fostering an appreciation for art or music
-helping girls become more confident by providing a safe place for them to express their opinions and use their intelligence, apart from the environment of school where some girls dumb themselves down

OK, I want to hear more about starting my own book club.
Great! Start by downloading our free step by step guide to creating your own mother-daughter book club below. This guide will outline how mothers can join together and proactively shape their daughters sense of self in positive ways despite the obstacles they face during their tween years. You’ll find our best tips to kickstart your group as well as resources for book ideas complete with discussion guides and supplemental activities to steal and use with your own book clubs. We hope this provides a way to overcome issues our tweens are facing through discussions and activities that are engaging, empowering and fun.

Grab your free copy now by entering your email address below! Once you click on the confirm subscription link, you’ll be brought to a page to download your guide.

I’ll also keep you updated on my new tween uprising sessions available for booking soon!

There is something so special about in home newborn photography.  I just love the intimate and comfortable environment an in home session creates and I’m always able to capture some of my most authentic and genuine portraits for my clients.

I first photographed this family when mom was expecting her first baby, who is now two!  This is their second “watch baby grow” experience with Piper+Claire and I have loved getting to know them and documenting these sweet stages in their lives.  They are the perfect client: laid back and go with the flow!

We ventured out to the canal in downtown Indianapolis for mom’s maternity session with baby #2, which was so much fun for their daughter.  She was obsessed with the water along the canal, and like most two year olds, had her own plans for the evening!

Big sister had a lot of fun showing me her big girl room and we were able to capture some images of her favorite things!

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