[Tax-chick]

I have one of those traffic-stopping gorgeous daughters, too ... she'll be 6 tomorrow. Since she has four brothers, we can keep her surrounded by armed men until we find a worthwhile husband for her!

[John O]

Since she has four brothers, we can keep her surrounded by armed men until we find a worthwhile husband for her!

The perfect plan. Unfortunately, due to various medical difficulties my daughter is likely to be my only child. No brothers to protect her so I'll have to do it all.

I'm kind of leaning towards bars on the windows and locks on the doors until she's 18. Then I'll institute a work for date program. It'll run something like this. "So you want to take my daughter on a date? Here's a brush. Paint the garage. When you're done I'll inspect your work and decide"

She may go out but at least I'll have much less work to do.

(can't resist posting a pic even if it is an old one. She was actually about 2 1/2 in this pic)

[ArGee]

Since she has four brothers, we can keep her surrounded by armed men until we find a worthwhile husband for her!

Perhaps all dads think their daughters are drop-dead gorgeous. All I know is that I wished my daughter had braces and glasses and was about 50 lbs overweight - NOT A CHANCE.

However, she has no interest in boys who even tease her sexually (it's not flirting today it's very overt and gross) and she's 18. I think there have been two things that have protected her besides my involvement (which I will not call perfect). One is that she has been homeschooled so she has not had pressure to be sexually active since she was 6 years old. The other is that we don't watch TV. No Seinfeld, no Friends, no Frasier, nothing. She didn't get a continual message that normal people sleep with people they like. She got the message from her Mom and Me that her body is a gift, and it's best when given to one man for life.

Not everyone can make those two choices. We were blessed and are blessed with a beautiful, virgin, 18-year-old girl.

Shalom.