• Don’t Date a Man Like Dad: Advice From a Mother to Her Daughter

    Recently, I was consoling my daughter about the troubles she was having with her ex-boyfriend, post breakup. Teenagers, especially teenage girls, are emotional creatures. We all know this. It seems with the newfound movement of “girl power,” it’s no longer ok to admit that women are emotional creatures. It’s nothing against the feminist movement, and I’m not putting women back 200 years by admitting this well-known fact. All I’m saying is that we are more driven by our emotions than our male counterparts. She was telling me about the details of her breakup and I started to notice some similarities between the way her ex was treating her and the…