Giving practical tips and encouragement to mommies of girls
A Game PlanFebruary 2014
A few other things we did to help our daughters were:
- We gave them valentines and chocolate roses or flowers for big events.
- We gave them a stuffed frog to remind them that they had a prince out there somewhere waiting for them. This also gave them a tangible reminder to pray for their future spouse, for his purity, his walk with Jesus, etc.
- Occasionally, a simple bracelet reminded them how special they are to us and that we are praying for them.
- We removed the words fat and chubby from our vocabulary and tried to create positive self-talk as well as prevent negative self-talk.
- Bob wrote them letters to save for the future to look back on all the things that he was so proud of what they had accomplished. I send cards and letters and packages to college and afterwards, etc.
- On their sixteenth birthday, Bob took them out on a Cinderella date and gave them a purity ring. We chose not to let them date until after that time since studies showed that girls that dated earlier sometimes struggled with physical aspects of relationships.
- We tried to make communication a priority so that they could feel they could come to us with anything and be unconditionally loved.
- There are so many ideas out there, I read and searched and did all I could to help my girls develop a healthy self-image based on the fact of the self-worth.
- A baby book with all their progress written down, helped show how absolutely precious they have always been to us.