OK…so I know this is a little discriminatory if you don’t have GIRLS, but truly, I read this and felt like we all needed to hear it. So, if you have girls – great. If you don’t – read it anyway. Pass it on if you’d like.
Taken from Bringing Up Girls by Dr. James Dobson:
“These selected short proverbs were compiled or written by Harry Harrison and published in a delightful little book entitled Father to Daughter: Life Lessons on Raising a Girl. I’m passing these along to father, and also to mothers.
- Accept the fact that your little girl will melt your heart anytime she chooses.
- Remember, if you yell at a boy not to play with a wall socket, he’ll either stomp off or do it anyway. A girl will cry.
- Never, ever, make fun of her.
- Bear in mind that from the very beginning your personality will shape her.
- Don’t tolerate her temper tantrums. Not now. Not when she’s 15. Your home will be more peaceful for this.
- Keep her secrets.
- Remember that society is teacher her its values 24/7. you need to be more determined to teach her yours.
- Never laugh at her dreams.
- Accept the fact that the loving, tender angel you’ve spent the last decade with may disappear sometimes. She will return.
- If you don’t approve of the way she looks before she goes out, send her back to her room to start over. Be gentle but firm.
- Teach her how to be moral in an age that bombards her with sexual imagery and innuendo.
- Teach her that God sometimes has other plans.
- Teach her how to look a boy in the eye and say “No”.
- Do not tease her about boyfriends. She may not have one, and you might make her feel like she’s supposed to.
- If a boy pulls up and honks for her, go out and have words with him. Explain that your daughter answers to a doorbell.
- Don’t let her moods or anger push you away. She needs you now more than ever.
- Remember, if her home life is crazy, the rest of her life will be too.
- Tell her the three keys to wisdom: not believing all you hear, not spending all you have, and not sleeping all you want. This will be difficult until she graduates from college.
- Tell her she is the daughter you always dreamed about.
- In the end, let her go.”
Every minute counts, mommies. Engage and love your sweeties (even when they aren’t so SWEET, right?). Happy summer…see you Thursday 7/8!
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