Notes To My Daughter
Affirmations, Empowerment & Hope
Notes To My Daughter is for girls only.
A book of positive affirmations to instill hope, change and fearlessness. From an early age girls and boys are taught to behave in certain ways based on religion, society, and traditions. These behaviors are learned and unfortunately and routinely a disadvantage for young women.
As a parent of an 8-year-old bi-racial girl in the 21st century I fear societal norms and social media’s residual regarding anxiety, depression, loneliness, suicidal thoughts and the promotion of self-sexualizing behaviors. I don’t want my daughter to believe she is less than, or all she can become is someone’s lover, mother, or housewife. She isn’t anyone’s property, and she doesn’t have to give anyone power over her.
Notes To My Daughter is especially for young brown girls. To achieve anything of real value in this life, you must believe you are deserving and worth it. If you can see yourself living the dream, then you can manifest destiny but first you must believe in yourself.
This book comes from the unconditional love a father has for his daughter. My highest expectations for her living her best life. A written guide for girls that will empower, transform and transition them into womanhood knowing they are powerful, intelligent, and enough.
Notes To My Daughter encourages girl power and women’s empowerment.
This book features profiles of influential and groundbreaking Black and Latin women who have set the precedent and are proof that anything is possible.
Notes To My Daughter is an insightful, and powerful book that will instill in your little girl that she is the masterpiece of her life and nothing is beyond her reach.
Terry Smith is an author who was raised on New York City’s Lower East Side. As a child he was an unfortunate victim of emotional and physical child abuse.
"There is a clear correlation between being from a dysfunctional lower income household and child abuse." Out of fear for his life, he ran away from home at 16 to escape the beatings, verbal abuse and intimidation. Against all odds he survived and found his passion.
“My life work is rooted in my personal experience and empowering the defenseless and voiceless of society, mainly children. Many of whom are born to parents who are poor, uneducated and the disenfranchised of society.”
