Originally Posted by jpthequilter
Originally Posted by Ps 150
I was born in the early 80's (GASP! Did I really just say that out loud!?!?) and I can say, I was fortunate enough to have an old fashioned Dad who abided by these guidelines. I pray that I can raise my girls half as well.
Umm, I was born in 1930 - that makes me older than your dad...81 yrs now!
and you and I were lucky...but you know there are lots and lots of good people around everywhere who are like you and your dad!
There are lots of people who still believe in raising their children themselves, rather than allowing the t.v. to do it. Unfortunately, we're not considered the norm anymore. My girls have been called "old fashioned" because they wear dresses/skirts to church on Sundays, just as I wear skirts to church. I could understand calling a woman "old fashioned" for this, I suppose, but my girls are 6 and 8. If it's not normal for little girls to wear girly clothes anymore, then I don't know if I want to be normal. My 6 year old has been a tomboy for most of her life but has recently started to like pink and girly things--thus, making her mommy rejoice ;-) --but now it's considered wierd to like pink or wear dresses. I'm going to encourage this as long as I can, normal or not. :D
This is my tomboy turned girly girl...still transitioning. :D
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My girls pretending to be in their favorite movie, "Singin' In The Rain"--at 6 & 8, if this is their favorite movie, I think we're doing a little ok considering what other movies are out there.
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My oldest in a shirt/sklirt combo she made herself. She wants to be a missionary when she grows up but wants to learn to sew in case "there's not a Wal-Mart near her mission field" one day.
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