David A. Dixon

I wrote Notes to My Daughter and Notes to My Son, so that my teenage children and all teenage children would have something tangible they could read and use as guide to help them start their navigation process through life on the right path. These books are also great for parents in that they can help start dialog and gain insight into their children's thoughts and have healthy conversations, even bringing more closeness.

I wrote Notes to My Daughter so she would have something to consistently use and review as a teen and throughout the rest of her life, without the messages getting old.

It consists of 15 Lessons, each meant to be a quick but powerful read. It addresses the importance of being responsible for your own actions and taking charge of situations pressed upon you. It helps give the reader an awareness of how everyday actions can transform and shape life. The book touches on self-love, spirituality, responsibility, relationships with men, anger, forgiveness, the power of networking, and a few other key areas.

It is inspirational but written in a conversational style. It is future-focused and shares concrete, realistic methods to avoid having certain negative things happen to you.

This book will also resonate with adults, especially the parents of teenagers, because it deals with issues that everyone struggles with at one time or another throughout life.

The book briefly, but candidly, addresses issues of sex, the use of drugs and alcohol, and the need to position oneself with other strong individuals to help them get through life. Sex and drugs are taboo discussion for many households, but they both exist and are rampant in the teenage community. The book offers direct confrontation with issues that impact each one of us whether we want them to or not. I want my daughter as well as other young women to see and understand how their own decisions and choices can help or hurt them and assist them with realizing they have the ultimate power over themselves and their destination.

Notes to My Son was written with the same purpose and it has a male focused view. It sets expectations for how to date and what type of women a young man should want to date. It talks about what "character" is and explains why character and wealth are not necessarily related. The book discusses fighting and gives insight about the trend of sagging pants. It shares how to develop good habits so teen give themselves an opportunity to be successful. If you are a teen looking for guidance or having problems, a parent, or counselor, this is a must read.