Imagine if teenage girls could accept compliments. If they could catch one, and hold it, as easily as they catch a rounders ball on the playing field. If they did not dodge it – “No, you are clever” – or drop it – “You’re insane; I look awful!” – but let it land in their hand, and smile; knowing that here, as on the sports field, this catch means they have won a point for their team.
For any compliment caught by any teenage girl means she’s winning a point for our team. All the older, wiser women want you to take as many compliments as you can. We want your heads to be a pinboard of sweet, truthful, happy things said to you. Things