I'm going to be in an estrogen filled house.

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bob91yj said:
There's the old saying, when you have a boy you only have to worry about one "wiener" on the block, when you have a girl, you have to worry about all of them!

We had one of each, now we have two of each grandchildren, love them all the same!
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That's exactly my problem bob.. I'm thinking about 13 years from now when my daughter starts dating, and I don't like it one bit.
 
Actually, if you raise them right, even the dating isn't that bad. You've got to give them a little more rope as they get older and let them prove their responsibility before they get more. Before my daughters could "date" which only means hanging out at school for the first few years, btw, kind of like "going together" was a thing back in the day even though the term confused my parents. Anyway, before they could "date" they had read a Christian book about boundaries, then make list of their own. I remember my daughter's list had things like he could put his hand on her knee but no higher, and he can put his arm around her but not if its just to feel her bra strap. The point was for her to think about where her boundaries were and why before she was potentially in a situation. She's had a boyfriend for over three years and is more mature than most of the women I work with. She'll be 17 in December and I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up getting married in a few years.

I know a lot of this is dad fun. I've had the DADD (Dad's Against Daughters Dating) shirt but the reality is at some point as they get older (13-14ish) the more you try to squeeze them tight and control them the more they'll squish out of your grip. That's still a damn funny video though.
 
Congrats Scott!

This is a GREAT post - agree 110%!

RoamingRobertsons said:
Actually, if you raise them right, even the dating isn't that bad. You've got to give them a little more rope as they get older and let them prove their responsibility before they get more. Before my daughters could "date" which only means hanging out at school for the first few years, btw, kind of like "going together" was a thing back in the day even though the term confused my parents. Anyway, before they could "date" they had read a Christian book about boundaries, then make list of their own. I remember my daughter's list had things like he could put his hand on her knee but no higher, and he can put his arm around her but not if its just to feel her bra strap. The point was for her to think about where her boundaries were and why before she was potentially in a situation. She's had a boyfriend for over three years and is more mature than most of the women I work with. She'll be 17 in December and I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up getting married in a few years.

I know a lot of this is dad fun. I've had the DADD (Dad's Against Daughters Dating) shirt but the reality is at some point as they get older (13-14ish) the more you try to squeeze them tight and control them the more they'll squish out of your grip. That's still a damn funny video though.
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