Building Character in Young Girls

"Each decision made for good, each temptation resisted, each mean thought overcome with a kind one, each stubborn feeling quenched...is a brick added to the building of GOOD CHARACTER."

from A Girl Of Beauty by Carol Fiddler


A Girl of Beauty is a lovely book that I was introduced to one year when I helped to plan a Mother-Daughter Retreat. Our theme that year was building character in young girls. I got the book then, but had forgotten it on a lonely school shelf. Last night, I remembered it and dusted it off. The chapters are titled below. Each chapter is short and to the point followed by a few questions. The chapters are based on scriptures from the Bible and give an easy addition of memory work with the weekly reading. This week, for instance, we will read the chapter on Character Building. The verse that she will memorize is Proverbs 22:1 "A good name is more desirable than great riches." I'm looking forward to character development of my own in addition to helping my daughter become a girl of beauty.

Chapters:

1. Character Building
2. Truthfulness
3. Obedience
4. Sunshine-Makers
5. Sincerity
6. Careful Words
7. Keeping Confidences
8. Ideals
9. Ambition
10. A Sense of Purpose
11. Service
12. Personal Presentation
13. Courtesy and Respect
14. Loyalty
15. Competition
16. Disappointments
17. Meditation
18. Contentment
19. Besetting Faults