A Girl's Guide to Best Friends and Mean Girls

by Dannah Gresh, Suzy Weibel

Overview

Friends can make or break the life of a tween girl. That’s why bestselling author Dannah Gresh, popular speaker and creator of the Secret Keeper Girl events, and youth educator Suzy Weibel have developed this resource that targets the hearts of tween girls as they grow in and pursue friendships.

A Girl's Guide to Best Friends and Mean Girls springs from the life and example of Jesus, a tween girl’s true BFF. It helps her explore questions such as

• Who should I choose for friends?
• How can I keep my friends?
• How can my parents help me?
• What do I do about jealousy and hurts in my friendships?
• How can I be Jesus’ friend, and how do I introduce others to him?

Christian moms and dads will be delighted with the biblical grounding and godly guidance that will help protect their daughters in friendships and help them understand what friendship really is.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736955324
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	08/01/2013
Series:	Secret Keeper Girl Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Dannah Gresh is an author, a speaker, and the creator of the Secret Keeper Girl live events. She has sold over 1.3 million books, including Six Ways to Keep the “Little” in Your Girl, A Girl’s Guide to Best Friends and Mean Girls (coauthored with Suzy Weibel), 8 Great Dates for Moms and Daughters, the bestselling And the Bride Wore White, and Lies Young Women Believe (coauthored with Nancy Leigh DeMoss). She and her husband have a son and two daughters and live in Pennsylvania. www.purefreedom.org.

Suzy Weibel has spent more than 20 years working with kids. An educator by profession, she works in youth ministry as an author, musician, and speaker, partnering with Dannah Gresh in Secret Keeper Girl events. Suzy and her husband, Jonathan, have two adult daughters and reside in Pennsylvania.

Dannah Gresh is an author, a speaker, and the creator of the Secret Keeper Girl live events. She has sold over 1.3 million books, including Six Ways to Keep the “Little” in Your Girl, A Girl’s Guide to Best Friends and Mean Girls (coauthored with Suzy Weibel), 8 Great Dates for Moms and Daughters, the bestselling And the Bride Wore White, and Lies Young Women Believe (coauthored with Nancy Leigh DeMoss). She and her husband have a son and two daughters and live in Pennsylvania. www.purefreedom.org.

Suzy Weibel has spent more than 20 years working with kids. An educator by profession, she works in youth ministry as an author, musician, and speaker, partnering with Dannah Gresh in Secret Keeper Girl events. Suzy and her husband, Jonathan, have two adult daughters and reside in Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

A Note from Dannah and Suzy 6

Part 1 About BFFs and Mean Girls

Chapter 1 Choosing Your Team 10

Chapter 2 Being a Friend 14

Chapter 3 Green with Envy 18

Chapter 4 The Wounds of a Friend 23

Chapter 5 Crazy but True: I Can Be Jesus' Friend! 29

Chapter 6 The Friend of a Friend 35

Part 2 My Best Friend, Jesus - Bible Study

Getting Ready to Dig In to Bible Study 42

Meditation 1 How Did Jesus Pick Friends for Keeps? 51

Meditation 2 How Did Jesus "Do" Friendship? 60

Meditation 3 What Did Jesus Do When His Friends Got Jealous? 69

Meditation 4 What Did Jesus Do When His Friends Hurt Him? 79

Meditation 5 How Can I Be a Good Friend to Jesus? 86

Meditation 6 Who Needs to Meet My Friend Jesus? 94

Do You Know Jesus? 109

Extra Ideas for the Bible Study 110

Answers to Puzzle Crazes 111

Editorial Reviews

“Talking with Your Daughter about Best Friends and Mean Girls and A Girl’s Guide to Best Friends and Mean Girls are must reads for moms and their daughters. I especially liked that two dear friends got together to help girls through these difficult years. Dannah’s gifts for the body of Christ continue to bless us. I will give these books to all the mothers and daughters with whom I work in my family therapy practice.”
—Tippy Duncan, Christian Therapist

"I've trudged through several gloomy, 'mean girl' landscapes with my two daughters and only wish I'd had this resource earlier. The book (and workbook) will help parents and their daughters prepare for, and navigate, social situations that can discourage us. I appreciate the authors' focus on how to be a good friend as well as on God's abiding love."
—Jennifer Grant, author of Love You More and MOMumental

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