Renita And every other single girl wears a belt in @Ines 's family and she knows it.
Barbara at least she should know that it would be expected that she would also use it,
Laura Because her age or what?
Laura That it can happen at any time at any age
Raquel Maybe a few of the energies that are spent on making us totally safe could be spent on making her a little safer.
But I don't think it's going to happen.
I think it is worth clarifying a point about my eldest daughter, which I have also had to clarify at home this week.
As I myself talked about here a few months ago, my eldest daughter knows that, and it is a theoretical exercise and with a probability tending to zero, if she were to live at home again, she would have to wear a belt, as it would not be fair for one person to have other rules.
Now, when she left our house to study, the belt was still not even a possibility for any girl at home, so it was simply not on her mind. Without a belt she studied and without a belt she went on her own.
I understand my wife's and the girls' position, and I also think she should wear one, but I don't think now is the time to bring it up. The proposal of a belt is not something that can be insisted every week or every day, when it is raised, the acceptance must be already mature, because if not, it will generate rejection.
I cannot skip steps, nor advance events because it would simply be unpleasant. She must be the one to reflect and the girls must accompany her in the process. When that situation arises, then, that is my role, we will have to discuss the terms.
But in this case, the initiative should be the girls', not mine.
