I have three twenty something daughters too (well the youngest, also a Maggie, is about to turn 20 next month) and I absolutely agree with you about the thumbing her nose at her father analysis.
One of mine is a 2L in law school and the other a sophomore in college (the oldest is about to get married) and they are both very attractive, smart and not interested in the birth control hooking up college scene that so many of their peers were sucked into.
I don’t mean to come off as bragging, I am pointing out that it can be done. Both of my daughters are far more attractive than the Fluke (wo?)man (lesbo?) and do not partake in the hooking up. They have fun and are not the goody two shoes types, either.
I just don’t understand why so many of these young women blindly follow the crowd birth control abortion crowd, even when raised not to.
-——I just don’t understand why so many of these young women blindly follow the crowd birth control abortion crowd, even when raised not to.-——
Looking back at my college years, I remember that few kids, even the ones who took their faith somewhat seriously, were very poorly formed.
The default, bottom-line belief was relativism. If it works for you, fine. If it feels good, it’s OK.
Most importantly, since they don’t possess a positive vision (they don’t know who they are or where they’re going —child of God whose object is Heaven) they default their way through their decisions, generally taking the path of least resistance.
They also pick up behavioral cues from a grab bag of sources: TV, magazines, peers, school, etc.
I was pretty confused myself at that age, having both Jesus and Mick Jagger as heros, not even recognizing the contradiction. I spent my twenties sorting things out, and figuring out what the hell happened.
We don’t do kids any favors by leaving them ignorant.