Donna Goff started The Princess Academy in response to concerns she had about her youngest daughter. She wanted a way for her to learn about true womanhood and believed other mothers wanted the same for their daughters. She wondered if those mothers didn't know how to begin. From this she created a primer for mothers called The Princess Academy and The Hope Chest Journey Rediscovering the Lost Arts of Godly Womanhood (A Primer for Mothers).
She not only included mothers and daughters, but also single women and those that do have have any daughters. These women are those who are "seeking Th refinement of Godly womanhood through developing in beauty and grace from the inside out," (from page 1 of the Primer).
The program consists of several types of groups, called Princess Circles, to help with the journey and make friends. The first is Little Princesses for girls age six through nine and their mothers. The next is called Princess Academy, this is for young ladies age ten through thirteen and their mothers. Maidens consist of girls age fourteen to eighteen and their mothers. Another circle is called Prairie Princesses. These are women and mothers and daughters of any age who focus on provident living skills. The Art of Queenship is a group for adult women single or married.
These groups are meant to teach girls as well as their mothers about how beautiful it is to be a woman, especially when we embrace our divine rolls as princesses of our Heavenly King. They will learn the are of Home Making and not the falsehood of homemaking. They will be better prepared to be a help meet to their husbands and have the know how to make their homes happy.
I love the idea of this. I was ill-prepared to be a wife when I got married and not prepared to be a mother when I had my first child. I do not want my girls to have to learn the skills necessary to be successful women the way I did, it was long and sometimes painful, and still on going.
