My name is Douglas B. Gadeberg. I am the son of Robert C. Gadeberg, decendants of the Christiansons from the netherlands, are you related? Cant find your address to mail you thought I would try this format.I have three brothers, Mike, Glenn, and Kevin. Our historian is our Aunt Colleen Gadeberg (McGinn). Write me and let me know..?????Love your NameDougie..

I had a terrible teenagehood, filled with shame and fear, my religious mother and step father wanted me to be everything they weren't in their drug filled early adulthood. So I went into the world, unprepared and naive, making mistakes along the way, only to be chastised by my "well meaning" parents.

I have come full circle and desire to pass on this strength to my (now 9 1/2 year old) daughter. I love books such as "Raising Strong Daughters" because there are so many great "do to's" suggested that take the guess work out of what works and what doesn't. I don't have to make my daughter be a guinea pig experiment of being an empowered woman, I can take other women's studies and apply them to our lives.

After reading this book, I took my daughter to the Lilith Fair to see some beautifully human and real women sing. I think it sends a strong message that she can do whatever she wants to with her life. I want to cultivate that she does not have to do what society says if she doesn't want to. Well, mom doesn't anyway...

THANKS for a fab book!!

Michelle