We as parents need to stop the romancing of our girls too.
I can’t get over how many mom I hear giggle at the idea of a kindergarten girl or boy with a “boyfriend” or “girlfriend”. At that age, there is no difference in friends. Boy or girl, it’s just someone to play with.
We need to remember that society is pushing them to sex at an early age. We need to discourage it early.
And men, talk to your daughters about what boys want from them. Nothing tells a girl about “hormones” better than a Dad who is willing to be honest about their teenage sex drive. “Boys just want....” is good as gold. My Dad told me and I knew early what “being used” was.
The best thing about the age 16 rule was not that the girls couldn't handle it but that the worst boys were automatically excluded because they had paired off with someone else's daughters by then.
The end result is that we have three of the nicest and sweetest young ladies any parents could be blessed with as daughters.
My daughters are almost 16 and recently attended a friend's Halloween party. Apparently, there was an after-party 'co-ed' sleepover, and when one of them hinted she'd like to stay, I refused.
I then explained to all of them that, where I come from, some things just aren't done.
So true...I hate when people say their pre schoolers have a girlfriend/boyfriend in class