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posted by Shannon

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584936,00.html?test=faces

When I read this headline recently, my heart sank. Can you even begin to imagine what motherhood will be like for an 11-year-old? I can’t.

At first, I admit, I just wanted to scream! And cry. And hit someone or something for allowing this to happen in the first place. Basically, just be angry. But as my anger subsided, something else began to surface: even greater passion, if that’s possible, to help women embrace a lifestyle of sexual integrity, and become the sexually confident wives God designed them to be! (in the appropriate season of their lives—NOT in their teens or preteens!)

A vital part of motherhood is instilling sexual values in our children. We should be teaching our daughters (and sons) what healthy sexuality looks like, by mirroring it, by talking to them about it from an early age, and by educating and empowering them to save sexual intimacy for it’s most celebrated and proper place: within marriage.

Don’t let you daughter be a headline, or even the topic of gossip between teenagers at cafeteria tables. Need help? Start by reading The Sexually Confident Wife to find or recapture your own confidence, and prepare to pass the baton of healthy sexuality to the next generation. Secondly, pick up a copy of the new re-released version of Preparing Your Daughter for Every Woman’s Battle or Preparing Your Son for Every Man’s Battle (both available at www.shannonethridge.com). It’s one of the greatest investments you can make in both your own marriage, and your children’s someday.