Your little girl is not going to stay little forever. She is going to turn into a young woman soon. Before she learns everything that she needs to know from the television, music videos or their peers, you have to talk to them about the challenges they are going to face in their teen years and how to overcome them. While raising teenage daughters, the responsibility of teaching their teen daughters effective behavior takes a back seat for many parents. Here are some topics every parent should talk to their daughters about as soon as they step into their teen years:

Your Body is a Temple

Start talking to them about respecting their body long before they enter their teenage years. Teach her to respect herself and others around her will automatically respect her. She shouldn’t allow herself to be the property of anyone. She should value herself enough so that when the need arises she can defend herself and her actions.

Empathy

Even in elementary and middle schools, girls are treated like outcasts and harassed because of their appearance, wardrobe and other things that cliques find inferior. Teach them how to relate to their peers and empathize with them. You don’t want your little girl to turn into a merciless bully, do you? Ask them to consider how a friend would feel if he/she is not treated well.

Talk to Them About Sex

When parents have the ‘talk’ with their teen daughters, they have to make sure that they frame sex in the context of a mature loving relationship. Teach them they need to take things slow and wait until they think they are ready for a physical relationship. Tell them that if two people love each other, sex can be an amazing, compassionate way to express their feelings but they don’t have to do anything they don’t feel comfortable with.

Resisting Peer Pressure

Parents should teach their daughters how to resist peer pressure. Appreciate them and boost their confidence at every chance that you get. Teach them ways to resist peer pressure and tell them that whatever anyone else says, they have to value themselves and not change themselves because of what other people think.

Their Digital Footprints

Often teens don’t see the big picture. They are reckless and do rash stuff just to stand out and be called unique. Much of this happens online. Parents need to tell their teen daughters that if they think their activities on the internet are not being monitored now, their footprints are sure to be followed later in life when they are applying for a college or a job.