Strong Girls?

I have been seeing so much stuff lately about raising strong girls; raising fearless girls; raising ‘Mighty’ girls. This hits close to home, since Steve and I are hoping to have children soon, and we’ve been discussing how we will raise them.


I have to say, I don’t agree with this trend. I hope to raise daughter’s who are ladies. Not to say I won’t teach them to take care of themselves, but this attitude that girls don’t have to ‘take’ anything from anyone results in women who seem to be waiting for someone to offend them. They are just waiting for someone to wrong them so they can show how tough they are. I hope to raise my daughters to be kind and loving, and to know that even though someone may hurt them, we can forgive.

I wish we would put more emphasis on raising respectful, honest, and compassionate children, both boys and girls. Teach them to defend themselves if necessary, and to stand up for those weaker than themselves always.

I know it’s easy for me to say these things, since I don’t have children yet, but it’s something that I have really been thinking about a lot. I think it goes along with my idea to write a book for girls about how to live like a Princess; not in the sense that we should be spoiled, or think we are better than anyone else, but remembering that we are Daughter’s of the King. As the King’s Daughter, I don’t need to be ‘mighty’ because I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.