A couple of years back when I was in junior high (LOL) I was required to take a class called "Charm" and in this class we learned how to dress, talk and act like young ladies. We learned simple things like washing your hair brushes each week and cleaning under our fingernails with a brush. We learned how to dress modestly, how to sit like a lady, even how to position our hands and feet when just standing and listening to someone else talk.
I would venture to say that if a charm class was offered in school today, there would be very few, if any, girls attending. I realize times have changed but acting like a lady should never go out of style. And even if charm is not being taught in school, it should certainly be taught in the home. Am I saying to get a desk and set aside an hour each day to teach your daughter how to be a lady? No, we can teach our daughters first of all by our examples. If we as mothers do not know how to act like a lady, how can we teach our daughters?
For the next week or so I will be taking one topic from charm class and expounding on it. Raising Godly young ladies is so important and we only get one chance to do it so we need to be sure we do it right. I can't even begin to tell you how many times I said to my kids, "She has probably not been taught how to act.", which is all too common. A young lady makes such a statement by the way she acts and what she does. For example, have you ever seen a lady that you thought was very pretty and lady like until you saw her smoking a cigarette and then your whole picture of her being a lady changed?
Just because society has changed and does not treat being a lady as a high priority, does not mean that is how we should think. Please join me each day as we take a topic from charm class and expound upon it. I think you will find it very interesting.
Let's determine to teach our daughters by example and be the Godly LADY that our daughters can look up to and desire to be like.
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