When you have a daughter....

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This sounds great 4_2_it. I think all kids need strong values and open communication with their parents. I have a son not a daughter, but I think a lot about what I'm going to say to him about sex and when. I think maybe the best way for your daughter to be protected is for us to instill the same values in our sons, so that they will treat the women they interact with in their lives with respect.

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I tend to think the opposite of this is true. As a father you are the model for all future male relationships your daughters will have. Something to keep in mind.

[$_DEADSEXE_$]

You mis read my post. The gun I would buy, actually the sniper rifle I already have, would not be used to scare someone. It would be used to kill any of the pedophiles, rapists, etc that have become more and more prevelent in American society.
I wouldnt bother depending on the US justice system to come up with a punishment.

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My friend had a good approach he said he would use if he had a daughter.

When the guy comes over, look him hard in the eye and say, "Let's get something straight. First, I don't like you ..."

Then freestyle it from there.

[Tron]

I am just wondering what kind of archaic caveman phone you plan on buying. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Robbe]

The first time that I met my ex-wife's father, somehow it just slipped out that he had personally castrated all the male cats that the family had ever had...

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I find it amusing that people get so hyped up about a daughter not being given text messaging. This is not one of the more important things in life.

Maybe it comes in somewhere around the inhumanly barbarous notion of a kid not having a television in her room. It must be like living in a siberian gulag!

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Knowledge is the best defense. So just let them read OOT for a month before dating to let them know what guys are really like. They will learn the following lessons:

1. All teenage and twentysomethings guys are obsessed with sex.

2. Aforementioned guys will lie and/or say/do anything to get sex.

Once girls learn this lesson, they need to apply economics. Since the most valuable thing they have is sex, make it a rare commodity. The rarer it is, the higher a price they can charge. You don't even need to sell it, just the mere temptation will often get them what they want. Anyone not willing to pay the price is not worth it.

Girls just need to realize that if they're confident, smart, and independent, there's no reason to put up with guy behavior they don't find acceptable. Raise a smart, confident, independent girl and you'll have a lot fewer problems. OOTers may call her a few names, but you know it's just because they can't have what she has. She owns you.

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This sounds strangely like teaching your daughter to be a w*hore.

I have a feeling she can probably figure that out on her own.

[4_2_it]

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I am just wondering what kind of archaic caveman phone you plan on buying. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Motorola ROCKR. Our plan does not have text messaging as an option [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Another thought. When I get my daughter a cell phone (probably for her 13th B-day) it will not have a text message feature. 13-17 year olds do not "need" to text each other. They can use the phone or exchange email if they "need" to communicate.

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Just a life of what she needs then? bread and water?

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Can anyone please give me a reason other than status or vanity as to why a 13 year old needs to have a text messaging cell phone? I want her to have the phone as a safety issue. Of course, she can call her friends anytime she wishes.

What is the BFD with text messaging? Are we heading to a society where everyone will just text message each other. I want my daughter to learn how to build relationships. This requires more interaction than AIM can give. When she is older, I'm sure that AIM will be allowed, it's just at this point it isn't on the table.

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No, we are already in a society where "just give them more stuff" is equated with being a loving and actively involved parent.

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This sounds great 4_2_it. I think all kids need strong values and open communication with their parents. I have a son not a daughter, but I think a lot about what I'm going to say to him about sex and when. I think maybe the best way for your daughter to be protected is for us to instill the same values in our sons, so that they will treat the women they interact with in their lives with respect.

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Very well said.