This weekend I had the honor of speaking at a conference for young ladies called The Princess Within. It was for Apostolic girls in Indiana, ages 9-19. The conference was about purity, self-esteem, identity, and femininity. We had such a great time!
Several young ladies from our church attended. The younger ones saved their allowance and bought tiaras for the occasion. They were adorable!
Conferences like this are invaluable to our girls. I think our culture doesn’t always value femininity as much as God intended. It is a wonderful, powerful thing to be a lady. I had the privilege of being raised by parents who taught me to celebrate my femininity. Dressing modestly wasn’t a burden, it was just something that ladies did. Keeping my mind and body pure wasn’t a burden, it was just something that ladies did.
I hope that I’ll be able to raise any daughters that I may have with the same philosophy.
But back to the princess conference. The girls attended sessions on dating, self-esteem, and etiquette. They learned new hairdos and ate pink cupcakes. They made friends and had a great time!
The class I taught was on dating and was called “Kissing a Frog or a Toad.” My age group was 9-13, so I had to be a little creative in my approach because 9-13 year-olds aren’t into dating. At least I hope they aren’t. I wasn’t even allowed to start dating until I was 16.
So we talked about Esther and how she spent a year preparing herself to meet the King. We talked about how this was the perfect time for the young girls to be preparing themselves for their future (which most likely included a Prince Charming). We talked about the importance of developing our relationship with God, making the right friends, keeping ourselves pure, and finding good role models.
We really didn’t talk too much about actual dating since the girls were so young. That was why my first comment of the day really surprised me. It was this young girl with a deep voice and hair covering her face. I had JUST started the class and she raised her hand. ”Yeah. Umm, I have two boyfriends right now. And one of them isn’t really in church. What should I do?”
Yowza. Slow down, 12-year-old!
I am not ready to be a parent. Ha!
~Whitney
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I have to disagree on 9-13 not being interested in dating. Girls are actually ‘dating’ much younger now. My first of what I call my “real boyfriends” was when I was 12. And unfortunately girls are doing much more than dating at 9-13 now (esp the ones not in church). Which is why there are so many 14-16 year old girls getting pregnant. They date younger so they’re used to guys and feel ready to ‘go to the next step’ a lot earlier. It’s very sad.
I’m glad that they did this conference for these girls. With more things like this maybe girls will realize their importance and stop giving themselves away..