Re: When you have a daughter....
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I have two daughters (8 & 12) so I have been giving this a lot of thought of late. First, my plan is stay involved in their lives so I know a little bit about Romeo before they have a date with him. Second, I remember all the tricks I used and I plan to have my daughters thoroughly educated before the dating rituals start.
The best way to put the fear of God into a 16 year old boy is to firmly shake his hand and look him directly in the eye as you tell him how much you love your daughter and that you expect him to abide by curfew and treat her nice. When done properly, (in view of the gun case full of semi-automatic weapons is optional, but more effective) this will keep Romeo in line for a date or two. The rest is up my daughter. I have to trust her sometime.
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If you raise her like you talk about in that post she'll be able to make the right decisions. You touched on the biggy though -- staying involved in her life and talking about virtually everything.
I don't have children and never will, but if I had a daughter I'd do it like you. And when she's ready to date, at say age 32 or so, I'd go the shotgun route for sure. Nothing like the sound of racking a 12 guage to make the poor date guy think.
Seriously though, raise her right and she'll have what it takes to handle dating.
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