Daddy's Little Princess

I enjoy all of Cathy Glass's books. This one, not quite so much, although I still found it very interesting. I like Cathy's writing style and the way she weaves her own family's story into the plot.I am sorry John turned out to be having an affair and put it above his family in his priorities. Thank goodness for Cathy's wonderful parents. This book also shows how much Cathy has grown as a foster carer since she had Beth- this was one of her first abused foster children. She was much meeker and unsure of how to handle things back then. The emotional incest was an intriguing phenomenon. I think it seemed obvious to the reader, because Cathy could not write on and on about subtle intangible feelings. The reader knows right from the 'I sleep in my Daddy's bed' and the photographs, as well as the inappropriate clothes and phone calls that Beth did not have a healthy relationship with her father. It is a shame her social worker was not helpful at first. It is so wonderful that this family managed to get therapy and end the emotional incest. Cathy was so kind to Beth and supportive of everyone invoved. Glad to hear in the updates that Beth has done remarkably well. Kudos to Cathy, Beth and all involved.Keep writing, please, Cathy!My only slightly critical comments are that the book seemed a bit rushed- a few times idioms were used several times, there were a few repetitive passages, and the writing style was not quite up to CG's usual standard. However , I am looking forward to her next book The Child Bride.

This is a very good story, Cathy Glass takes in a little girl named Beth, whose father went into a mental hospital. Her mother abandoned her father and herself when Beth was a toddler. She is seven years old, Cathy's son Adrian's a year younger and her daughter Paula is three. This was one of her first children she cared for. Beth tells Cathy her first night that her daddy sleeps with her, then gets a photograph of him and sticks it under her pillow.Cathy becomes concerned later on when the child goes to visit him in the mental hospital. She walks down Cathy's stars dressed like a tart(The English word for whore). You will have to read this book to find out about Beth and her father's history.

Written by a longtime foster mother, this story follows her time fostering a girl with a father raising her in an emotionally incesteous relationship. While that story was quite enough on its own, I found myself far more interested in the story happening in the background: the obvious disintegration of the author's marriage, which she claims to have been completely oblivious to even while everyone else around her seemed to see it. The tragic irony of reading all the familiar clues of an affair and impending divorce while the author skimmed over them kept my attention far more than the title tale.

This story was fascinating and very emotional. It taught me things i didn't even know. I couldn't put this book down. And it made me cry. A must read !! I don't want to say much to give the plot away. Just read this book. And i am going to buy some more of her books. Very well written. Cathy is from the UK so some of her wording is hard to figure out. But you get the just of it. You won't regret buying this book. I highly recommend it.

I have read several of Kathy Glass' books in the past and have enjoyed them and have learned so much from them. This book is no exception, it has hit an emotional nerve with me and I had a hard time putting it down, and I really didn't want it to end. I wanted to know more of Kathy's wonderful family.Kathy is such a good writer, she captures the reader and never lets go until the end of her story. I would highly recommend reading this wonderful, hope fill book. I look forward to her next story.

This was well written and really brought attention to emotional incest! I have witnessed this abuse but never knew the term for it other than "creepy". This really shows how it affects children!I was sorry that such a kind, helpful woman like Cathy had to go through such harrowing personal issues. It's never easy.This is a great book for anyone who interacts with children. It really is a good tool to understand what emotional incest is and a loose plan of treatment.

When a small girl comes into foster care because her single father is hospitalized for mental problems, it becomes very clear that the father and child are extremely bonded. Is everything okay in this relationship appropriate? Are the uneasy find the foster mom picks up of concern?

Another excellent book by Cathy Glass, reflecting the challenges of fostering children, but this book includes insight into her own life challenges!

I found most of Cathy Glass's earlier books interesting and thought-provoking, but to be honest I've found the last few she's written have been slightly hard to believe - and "Daddy's Little Princess" just didn't make sense. Cathy fosters a little 7-year-old girl who has lived alone with her father almost all her life, and when he's admitted into a psychiatric hospital, the child is naturally heartbroken and misses her Daddy dreadfully. So far, so good. But on her first night with Cathy, the child admits that she sleeps in Daddy's bed every night, and it turns out that Daddy buys all her clothes and spends every spare minute with her; she isn't allowed to have any friends or to mix with any other children; she's Daddy's little princess and apparently he's her sole companion. This should surely have rung serious warning bells to Cathy, but it seems to have taken her a long time to work out that something wasn't right. And when the child visited her father in hospital, or even phoned him from home, she dressed herself in totally inappropriate clothing - a see-through top, fish net tights and high heeled shoes, and wearing lashings of heavy adult make-up. She told Cathy that Daddy bought all her clothes and make-up for her, and this is how he liked her to look. She then apparently spent her visiting hour at the hospital playing Kiss and Chase with other male patients!Now I appreciate that foster carers have to allow their charges a certain amount of freedom, and obviously Cathy didn't want to upset her, but this little girl was SEVEN. At the risk of distressing her and causing a scene, surely Cathy should have put her foot down and refused to let the little girl visit her Daddy dressed in such a provocative way. But no - even the child's Social Worker didn't seem concerned, and none of the staff at the hospital apparently commented. I find this very hard to understand .... surely by this stage somebody should have been wondering what was going on?The book carries on in this vein, and there are many more similar chapters before a conclusion is reached - too many in fact - a lot of repetition and the story starts to get a bit boring. But thankfully in the end it turns out that the little girl hasn't been sexually abused by her father, but his behaviour has been extremely strange and inappropriate and he needs a lot of help. With therapy and counselling, the family are eventually happily reunited. But it seems to me that the authorities should have recognised months earlier that there was a problem; and Cathy, with all her training and experience, should have been a bit more pro-active in drawing their attention to what was going on.A good enough book, but a bit too long-winded. Certainly not one of Cathy Glass's best.

I did enjoy reading this book.....a daddies love for his daughter getting a bit out of control sometimes by spoiling his daughter with too much love and frightened of loosing his daughter, daddy made mistakes and paid the price of having a breakdown.....his daughter love is desperate to please her dad got into problems....a learning lessen of how to bring a child up on your own without smothering them with too much love....the child was so young she does not know any different and when daddy tries to have a relationship of his own...jealousy is set in from the child....thank goodness for therapy to get a relationship of a happy family reunited back on track and all be happy.

Another great read by Cathy.Dealing with a difficult subject ie emotional incest never heard of that before but made sense. Liked the outcome and that the sweetie ended up with het father & step mother and Went on to lead a normal or shall we say caring nurturing childhood.Cathy really writes from the heart and her common sense andCompassion always shines through.

Being a big fan of Cathy Glass and reading Eleven of her books so far, and rating all of them as Five Star books.I was disappointed with this book, although Beths story was interesting, it seemed the story was more about Cathys family.The story still must be read...

I live cathys books and have read all her books since i saw the first one on the shelves,i cant wait for her books to come out now i have to pre order,inly trouble is i read to quick as once you start you cant put it down and then im trying find another to fill my time for her next to to cone out,shes a legend and amazing woman and foster carers dont get enough credit,these kids have gone frm bad places (some) to a great home where for some can relax and be a child for the first time ever and see what love is,some books iv laughed at,some iv cried but ive loved every one ive read,please read u wont regret it,if u like true life books and read casey watsons then cathy glass books will blow u away!!