Your
girl-child is now a big girl. She is very conscious of herself and would not
want mummy and daddy to discern her ‘pranks.’ What she forgets is the fact that
mummy was once at that stage in her life. She buys some ‘strange’ stuff and
literally hides it from the gaze of mum and dad! Dear mother, let me ask you,
“When last did you visit your daughter’s room?” Do you care to investigate when she comes home with a new
ball pen, a new wrist watch or a new shoe? If you ask, she may call a friend’s
name to you, but do you care to follow it up? Why all the stress? Your heart
questions? Well, it is for the good of both of you.
Your daughter may have
started collecting ‘gifts’ from “boy -friends” that intend to destroy her, but
unknown to her and to you the parents. That’s why I suggested in my last blog
the need to be a friend to your child. A mother was confronted with a question
by her young adult girl, “Mum, why don’t you want me to have a boy-friend?” In
this context it actually connotes some negative meaning? The loving mum asked
with smiles, “My baby, tell me why do you want to have a boy-friend at your age?
Are you planning to marry soon?” She replied her mum that all her school mates
are into that and their boy-friends are giving them gifts. The understanding
mother did not frown at her, she spent time to enlighten her daughter about the
danger of getting involved intimately with the opposite sex too early in life.
The girl understood and she embraced her mum with a ‘thank you’ kiss.
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