FAMILY
“Two little girls catching up at Family Night Out 2”
‘FEEL THE FEAR
But Do It Anyway’- Raising Girls
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EMEMBER THOSE STEREOTYPICAL IDEOLOGIES THAT DICTATED THAT
GIRLS HAVE IT TRICKIER
boys would get to play outside and girls had to stay inside and do housework?
The fact of the matter is that in today’s world girls have it…
well trickier. Girls have to invest in getting an education and
building a career while still developing the soft skills needed
to serve in a home. As a young married career-oriented
woman, she is expected to be the giver in the relationship
and the manager of the home, while the husband is only
really expected to provide and ‘help out’ at home when
possible. In a recent blog I wrote about the importance of
securing a good housekeeper and having a husband who
shares equitably in household duties. That can make things
much easier. But how exactly do we raise girls bearing these
dynamics in mind? How do we prepare them to live a full life?
Not so anymore these days, well almost. In today’s world, girls now get ‘to
play outside’ but they also sometimes still have to master dishwashing. Of course some
girls – usually daughters of corporate mothers – don’t end up doing either. Instead
the housekeeper does all the chores leaving them to play on tablets, watch TV and
maybe participate in school-based extra-curricular activities. A sad state of affairs, but
I digress.
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