10 Things to Teach Your Daughters

I just finished You're A Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren't So Bad Either): 14 Secrets to Finding Happiness Between Super Mom and Slacker Mom by Jen Singer. I highly recommend it - hilarious, insightful (sometimes a bit too insightful, as I am in the middle of crazy birthday party planning while 34 weeks pregnant), and real.

And I had to share her list for the important things your daughter needs to know in life:

"1. Never get your eyebrows waxed by a woman who draws hers on.
2. Cute shoes can be like St. Bernard puppies: adorable at first, but rather cumbersome later.
3. Never ask a man what he's thinking, because chances are it has to do with bacon double cheeseburgers or Mythbusters -- and not you.
4. The women you read about in history book -- the real role models -- wore underwear in public.
5. You can wear cleats and pumps in the same day, and look great in both.
6. Stove, dishwashers, vacuums, and other such appliances are gender-neutral.
7. Diamonds are a girl's best friend, but a cat is nicer to curl up with at night.
8. If someone says, "You throw like a girl!" reply, "Thank you!"
9. The stomach flu is not a diet plan.
10. Try to picture what that tattoo would look like on Grandma's breast before you get one that will last the rest of your life. "

Singer, Jen. You're A Good Mom (and Your Kids Aren't So Bad Either): 14 Secrets to Finding Happiness Between Super Mom and Slacker Mom. Source Books: Illinois, 2008.