Everybody Tells Me to Be Myself but I Don't Know Who I Am, Revised Edition (Faithgirlz)

This book has everything!!! It has really helped me a lot. It even shows you how to make your bedroom your own! The girl in the book, Molly is JUST like me. She is a great example to tween girls. Please buy this book! You will be glad you did!! The money is SO worth it. Lately, I have really had a case of the Who Am I`s. This book helps me find who I truly am inside and feel good about it. This book also tells you to set aside 1 hour every week to do something you really enjoy doing. I REALLY like this idea. This book also tells you to make a collage for your bedroom by looking through magazines and finding stuff to make YOU happy, not anyone else. Then, you look at your collage and say: This looks like a person. You fill in the blank. I am SO going to do that with my new room. After reading that book, I feel really good about my true self. I hope this review helped!~Abigail

this book changed my perspective of myself I thought I should act like my friends to be cool but now that I act like myself everybody respects me you have to read it it will change your life

I have been using this book as a tween bible study with 4 girls ranging in age from 8-12. All are enjoying the study, the quizzes and special projects. It is aimed at helping girls have authenticity in all situations.

Another excellent Nancy Rue. This gives you to opportunity to steer your girls away from the world and helps explain why. Some of her suggestions were not what I would personally recommend we are (apostolic) but the approach is fabulous to explain why and why not

I feel that there should have been more of the story and less of the advice so I could read about Molly more. But I did like the parts that I did read. -Jasmine :-)

The book is exactly what I was expecting. I would recommend it to others and where I purchased it from.

My child enjoyed this book.

Go, Nancy RUE! Great book.

Good book. However the pages were written on .

My daughter enjoyed reading it.

I had to skip certain sentences or sections to avoid teaching her the very behaviour the book is trying to prevent. e.g. the book asks "how many times have you eye rolled when someone says to just be yourself?" well, my girl doesn't eye roll and I don't want her to think that THAT is the typical she should give. So the book either needs updating, or as the parent we certainly get to guide our child along as she reads.

I bought this book for my daughter who is dyspraxic because I thought it may have useful advice about understanding difficulties, dealing with other people's reactions, staying confident after repeated knock backs, being happy with yourself because of what you achieve (and not worry about what you don't achieve) etc. I was sorely disappointed.The book is basically a vehicle to prey on vulnerable souls by telling them that devotion to the christian faith will make them happy. An example "God wants you to figure out what you're here for. It's part of who you are, who God truly made you to be. And it's something you continue to learn all your life - as long as you stick with God."OK I admit there was a clue I missed in the title - the americanism "faithgirlz". But the rest of it "Everybody tells me to be myself but I didn't know who I am - Building your self esteem - are you keeping it real - what makes you unique" left an honest guy like myself thinking there would be straight words of advice with no-one telling my daughter that what makes her unique is that god loves her and "[a]ny time you reject any part of your real self - maybe the fact that you're naturally quiet or a true leader - you're telling God he didn't know what he was doing when he created you. Hel-lo-o!". I haven't read the whole book but I somehow doubt that it will deal satisfactorily with what happens if your real self says there isn't a supernatural being who made me dyspraxic and is watching me to see how I deal with it in his all loving, all understanding way.I acknowledge that I am an atheist. However, my wife is Catholic and our daughter has gone through the Catholic rites of passage. I am happy for her to experience religion and to hear my alternative views. I am not happy for a book purporting to help young people with their self esteem to exploit a need for help in order to inculcate blind faith.Shame on the author.