Rules for Parents of Daughters

Rules for Parents of Daughters

1. Teach your daughter to never allow herself to be anyone's property and that you will disown her if she ever wears shorts that claim otherwise.

Mike's bitch would get a kick in the ass

2. Teach your daughter to talk about her feelings - not eat them or purge them. Or if she doesn't want to talk, teach her to express her feelings through writing, art, music, sports, etc. Anything but food.

3. Teach your daughter to work with what she's got and love what she's got. Tall, short, fat, thin, your daughter is beautiful - inside and out. Make sure you tell her all the time and make sure she believes it.

4. Teach your daughter to like and respect herself and demand respect from those around her. She might end up lonely at times, but at least she won't be a doormat.

5. Teach your daughter that "fish lips" photos are never appropriate and never attractive.

6. Teach your daughter to value herself enough to defend herself - physically and verbally. Let your daughter watch "The Burning Bed." She'll never forget it and she'll always know she has "options" if she finds herself in an abusive relationship.

7. Teach your daughter to go easy on the plastic surgery.

Aging gracefully can't be worse than this hot mess.

8. Teach your daughter to be strong and confident in her abilities and not be afraid of failure. Teach her that sometimes she will fail, but she can't let that fear stop her from trying something.

9. Teach your daughter that has the right to get loud. Make sure she knows girls can get angry, they can have opinions and they can throw "lady like" behavior out the window if necessary.

10. Teach your daughter to never text/email/snail mail naked photos of herself to anyone. Ever. Ever. Ever.

11. Teach your daughter what a douche canoe is so she can avoid them.

12. Teach your daughter to never steal her best friend's boyfriend. That's just a real skank move. What is it that our mothers always told us? "Boys come and go, but girlfriends are forever." Still true.

13. Teach your daughter that having her underwear and half her ass hanging out the back of her jeans is not attracting anyone substantial nor does it make her look smart - even in the library.

14. Never let your daughter wear clothing with sexually inappropriate "cutesy" sayings.

"Hooters Girl in Training" is not adorable, it's so fucked up - and you know this little girl did not pick this shirt!

15. Teach your daughter that smart girls get further in life than slutty girls.

16. Teach your daughter to walk away from the teen magazines. There is so much pressure put on young girls these days to look pretty or hot it's nauseating.

859 Ways to Get Pretty for Summer and Look Hot in a Bikini?? Really? How about 859 Tips to Ace the SATs! or 100 Books We Love! or 252 Ways to Succeed in Life Without Using Your Boobs! ??

17. Don't let your 9 year old dancer look like a 25 year Pussycat Doll.

18. Teach your daughter that bigger boobs isn't necessarily a good thing.

19. Don't let your daughter marry young. Encourage her to get out and see the world, live on her own and figure out who she is and what she wants in a partner before she settles down.

20. Teach your daughter that there's nothing wrong with staying home on a Friday night and reading a good book, but try to get her to read more than just Chick Lit. Give her The Gift of Fear. This book really empowers women to spot danger signals. Unfortunately in the world we live in, this is an important gift to have.

21. Teach your daughter to beat the boys at their own games.

22. Teach your daughter to be able to laugh at herself and have a sense of humor. There are so many women I meet that say they have a sense of humor, but they really don't.

23. Teach your daughter that the "Queen Bees" and "Wanna Bees" and "mean girls" are a waste of time and she should just invest in one or two great friends.

24. Don't allow her to pierce or tattoo her body until she's on her own.

25. Teach your daughter that her choices in life are limitless. She really can do anything - except maybe use the Men's Restroom.Things We Must Teach Our Daughters

 

The original article I found was a copy of the above with the below additions made.

            Teach your daughter that it is more important to be kind than cool. Encourage her to be that one kid in school who's nice to the outcasts instead of joining the tired chorus of haters just to be accepted. One thing I adore about my child is that she likes everyone equally--new kids, shy kids, weird kids, kids of all colors. She makes no distinction; she just likes people. Next year she will start junior high, where the children's own brutal and perverse caste system will begin to separate them into tidy little boxes from which few will ever escape. When that happens, I know she will remain one of those kids who ignores that crap and likes people for who they are. If not, I will beat her like a dog.

Teach your daughter to be her own person. She will be pushed hard to conform to what parents and teachers and friends and boys and society want her to be. Though some conforming is mandatory in civilized society, remind her to recognize and embrace what makes her unique.

Teach your daughter how to change a flat tire. It's not hard, and it beats standing by the side of the highway waiting for someone else to do it for you.

Teach your daughter to have dignity. Remember that thing called dignity? It's one part pride, one part discretion and one part modesty, and it's a rarity anymore. Dignity is having the class to keep your private life private, and the self-respect to care about how you look, speak and act in public.

Teach your daughter that her virginity is a badge of honor, not shame. We get so many questions here that say, "I'm 22 and a virgin. What's wrong with me?" Nothing! You respect yourself enough not to give it up to the first guy who asks for it. And they will ask for it. But they will secretly respect you when you say no.

Teach your daughter that actions have consequences, good and bad. The hardest thing a parent will ever do is watch his child suffer the consequences of a bad choice, but we must. It's how they learn to make better ones. The greatest thing is to watch them be rewarded by the consequences of a good decision.

Teach your daughter not to be anybody's fallback. One day last fall my child told me that a boy in her class said he might ask her to a school dance. Might? First he was asking two other girls, she explained, but if they both turned him down, he would take my daughter instead. Nuh uh. That's not how it works, Romeo. I told her, "If he wants to take you, he can ask you first. Otherwise, tell him no thanks."