As the mom of boys I have often wondered about (and pray for) the girls they will someday fall in love with and marry! Maybe I’m strange, but it is a big deal to me!
Since I have no girls of my own I sometimes look around and see the little girls in their classes at school and at church and wonder what they will become as a young lady. Some of the girls impress me – they are clothed modestly and are polite and caring. Other girls make me wonder as they are always dressed in the latest skimpy trend and seem to have no regard for those around them.
I have to believe that there are other parents out there who are as concerned with raising simple, modest children as I am. As a mom I am dedicated to teaching my sons to respect girls and to treat them with kindness as gentlemen. To know their boundaries as a respectable young man. I’m even trying to instill in them the notion that fooling around with anyone’s emotions (i.e. dating or boyfriend/girlfriend relationship) before they are able to really be involved in a lasting relationship is truly not ok – for them or the girl.
In that same regard I have to hope that somewhere a young girl is being taught to dress reasonably modest, not to fool with anyone’s emotions or to push them into something too soon. I simply must hope and pray that somewhere a parent is just as concerned about the future of our children as I am. Society isn’t, the school system definitely isn’t, so who is? I have to trust God that I’m not alone.
In the past I have actually approached a good friend of mine who has 2 girls and thanked her. Her oldest daughter is 9 and is always dressed so cute! Stylish yet not even a question about her modesty!!! I want girls to feel comfortable in their skin to know that they are absolutely beautiful and precious in God’s eyes. I want to see that they are able to enjoy the simple things as a little girl, not always caught up in the latest fashion, makeup and hair styles, worrying as a third grader about having a boyfriend. Life is really a lot more simple than we tend to try to make it these days.
Edit: I know that this article ends rather abruptly. Originally, it held a link to a website and a brief explanation. None of that was relevant anymore, so as I repost every single article from my original blog (on it’s original timeline), I felt compelled to cut that part out. While it does end suddenly, I felt that the message was still relevant. I would likely have worded much of it differently today, but the premise is still the same so I wanted to keep the rest of the post in-tact.