My 12-year-old daughter has a new dress and was excited to go.
There has been much talk about the wedding. We already received the save-the-date.In front of the family, I told my daughter that we could get her a beautiful dress to wear to the wedding. We then bought a dress.children attending the wedding, but they have to be over the age of 15.I feel that the family should have taken me aside in advance to let me know my daughter was excluded.My husband plans to attend the wedding without me.
Essentially, you are teaching her that disappointment is actually devastation, and the way to cope with devastation is to insist that everyone around you must demonstrate their solidarity by also being devastated. Then everybody stays home, sulking.But the good news to pass along to your daughter is that she won’t always be 12.
She will age out of these social exclusions and mature enough to handle her disappointments with a sense of balance.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.
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