A quote from Mary Jo Rapini:

"Our society continually tries to tell women what they should be. More beautiful, more thin, more engaging, and more receptive to other's needs. We have forgotten that these girls are the potential leaders and mothers of the next generation.

I am asking other mother's to get behind their daughters and make a difference. Listen to them, guide them, and don't try to make them popular. Support them so they can become what they are destined to be. Young women don't need a boyfriend or a husband to be complete. They need a strong family, a dad who teaches them what a good man is and does, and a mother who is brave enough to make individual strides and be her own person.

A daughter does not want you to be her friend. She wants you to be her mom. Young women must understand their bodies, their sexuality, and their own passions and gifts. I believe if a young woman is knowledgeable about sexuality she will understand the consequences of having sex for the wrong reason.

No woman benefits from having sex before she is involved with an intimate partner and is over the age of eighteen. Sexuality is sacred and not to be entered lightly. I want women to understand themselves fully before they try to please another person. I want them to have the freedom to be all they can be before they worry about having a boyfriend."