A Princess' Gift For Christmas!

Happy Holidays!  

Looking for a great gift for a princess this Christmas?  The Princess Who Wore Glasses makes a great gift for all the little girls who enjoy a beautiful princess story.  It also makes for a lovely Holiday gift to add to a teacher’s library, which you can purchase at Amazon!

 

This season, we have enjoyed being part of WRAL’s Made by Mom Gift Guide.  Click here to see part two of Sarah Hall’s review of The Princess Who Wore Glasses.

Also, if you have a princess ages 6-14, you may enjoy the new BYOU magazine, a newer self-esteem magazine for girls highlighting stories of young girls making a difference in their worlds.  The Princess Who Wore Glasses is one of the giveaways in the December/January issue.  You can purchase the BYOU magazine on their website or at Barnes and Noble bookstores. 

See ya!

Laura

The Gift of Glasses!

During this season of Thanksgiving, I am reminded of how much glasses are a gift.  Princess Liana was given the gift of magic glasses from the court magician that enabled her to see a whole new world of beauty, and enjoy a richer relationship with her friends!  Wow!  Just yesterday, as I was watching my five year old daughter in her dance class, I talked to another mom whose princess in the class was wearing her fun purple and pink glasses as she leaped and skipped around the studio.This little girl was very farsighted, and required glasses really from her first few months of life. Just learning to walk had been tricky for her, and small objects needed to be moved out of the way so she could feel comfortable walking freely.  She would be easily startled if someone came near her quickly.  At 18 months of age she began to wear glasses. She also started eye training sessions to help her strengthen her eyes and to adapt to ongoing vision changes.  How wonderful now to be a dancing princess who wears glasses!! 

Do you have a thankful or encouraging comment about your daughter getting glasses  

that you would like to share with our readers?  We would love to hear from you!

On another thankful note, The Princess Who Wore Glasses is being blessed by being included in the WRAL’s 2012 Go Ask Mom, Made by Mom’s Gift Guide hosted by Sarah Hall. 

Sarah Hall From WRAL features The Princess Who Wore Glasses

This summer I had the wonderful opportunity to talk to Sarah Hall, the reporter and writer of goaskmoms.com who has a column on WRAL.com. The article “Cary mom pens book for girls who need glasses” highlights why I wrote the story for little girls. We had an informative discussion on the issues little girls faces as they’re going through the transition of wearing eyeglasses. I explained to Sarah the importance of the role of parents in making this be both a successful and magical experience. I hope that this interview will give viewers a nice introduction to The Princess Who Wore Glasses and encourage them to dive into the book and adore a real princess who wears glasses.

The video interview is on WRAL, go check it out!

"It really is magical to see what you have not seen before!"

See ya!

Laura

Fun at the Mommy Time Facebook Party!

Wow! What a wonderful time I had Tuesday evening sponsoring and commenting at the Facebook Party hosted by Penny who is the author of the Meet Penny mom’s blog.

We enjoyed an hour of mom’s dialoguing about raising healthy and whole children.  

Readers had some great questions, and I enjoyed not just answering the questions but reading other mothers’ solutions to those issues.   It was a pleasure to be a sponsor and to be able to address the issues that young girls face, even the transition to wearing eyeglasses.  I trust that The Princess Who Wore Glasses will be a helpful tool and gift for any young girl and her parents as they make this journey. 

 Included in the evening was a Giveaway of The Princess Who Wore Glasses!  There are still four more days to enter the drawing on Penny’s Blog.  Here is the link to the Giveaway below.  The image below is what you will see when you go to find the Giveaway.  Don’t forget to “like” Meet Penny’s Facebook page!

See ya!

Laura

 

When Princesses Wear Glasses…

As many of you know, I am a family therapist, which is why I felt compelled to write this book for girls. For a little girl, getting glasses is a life changing event.  This is a major transition that they need to adapt to.  It can be mindboggling.  Questions may arise, “Will I still be pretty?  Will my friends think I look funny?  Will other kids stare at me, and call me names?  Will the glasses hurt? Are there any princesses who wear glasses?”  This is when we as moms swoop in and let them know that glasses can actually help them to become perfectly who they are.    

One of the most important things we do for our girls is acknowledge their fears or concerns,  not brush them off or ignore them.  Validate their worries by reflecting back to them what you are hearing them say to you.  Let them talk it out.  You may actually be surprised at what your daughter is really concerned about.  Be sensitive and prepared for anything!  You really don’t have to “fix” anything here.  It’s important to trust that with your support, your daughter can work out any insecurity she is wrestling with.  If you worry too much with her, she might think there is something to be worried about.  But it is really important to comfort her, empower her and encourage her that everything is going to be okay. 

The Princess Who Wore Glasses is a gateway to helping our daughters see that getting glasses is a wonderful thing, not something to be upset or embarrassed about.  

See ya!

Laura

Transitioning To Eyeglasses Can Be Fun!

                                "It really is magical to see what you have not seen before!" 

I was talking to a grandmother recently who was so happy to read a story about a real princess who had to go through the process of getting eyeglasses.  She recounted how she felt as a young child when she had to get glasses and wished there had been a story that expressed how you can still be a beautiful princess while wearing glasses. 

Reading or hearing a story that matches our experience either in how we feel or in a situation we are going through is such a wonderful way to feel understood.  We often hope we can gain some key to give us confidence or assurance that everything is going to be okay.  Princess Liana doesn’t just get eyeglasses, she gets “magic” eyeglasses that help her to see everything in glorious detail.  She realizes its a gift to have magic glasses that can help her see her girlfriends, the birds, the stars in the night sky, and the beautiful buttercups that her father planted just for her.

For parents, this story will help them be thoughtful and enjoy the process of helping and watching their daughter through the transition to wearing eyeglasses.  We have a lot of influence over how children can transition through the process of getting glasses.   The eye exam, picking out glasses, and wearing them an unknown process, and its our gift to help them feel confident along the way,  If we are knowledgeable and encouraging about the process, our children will likely feel more comfortable every step of the way.  I say to get excited about your daughter’s eye exam.   Your daughter is going see her world more clearly! 

We tell stories with our eyes!

                                       

I was shopping today and noticed that with all the beautiful eyeglasses choices available, little girls can choose what they want to portray or communicate about who they are!  Eyeglasses are now like jewelry or clothes.  Would they like purple and pink swirls?  Or a certain fairy tale character?  Some girls have more than one pair of glasses for different occasions or needs.  Perhaps one very practical pair and another fancy.  

The stigma of wearing eyeglasses is still prevalent now.  We don’t hear “four eyes” as much as in the past, but it still happens.  And parents may remember their own experience of that happening.  But the choices of eyewear are fantastic now, and the opportunity to help your child have a different experience is there. I have heard mothers and grandmothers cry as they tell the story of their own experience getting glasses and how thankful they are that there is a now a princess  story they can give their own daughter or granddaughter. Moms and Grandmothers have the opportunity to help their daughters and granddaughters celebrate that they are princesses who wear eyeglasses!

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See ya,

Laura