As my daughter has already begun to enter the stage of having interest in boys, I don't think kids her age understand the full terms of the word "dating". This has been a large topic of conversation in our home. She will continue to grow, she will become more of a woman, and the understanding of "dating" will be much more defined with her. With that there is something that I want to tell her, something that I really want her to know and to always hold in her heart.
Is he patient?
Is he kind?
Does he envy?
Does he boast?
Is he humble or is he proud?
Does he dishonor others and is self-seeking?
Is he easily angered?
Does he keep record of your wrongs?
Does he delight in evil or does he rejoice in the truth?
Does he protect, trust, hopes, and perseveres?
Because through these questions darling, true love will never fail.
I personally have experienced the hardest of these to learn what love should be and what it should not be. As a mother, it's my job to guide my daughter into the best life that she can and will have. And by showing her good and healthy examples of love is just one of the very many ways I am able to do that.
