What We Really Should be Teaching our Daughters about Taylor Swift, Boyfriends and Success
I am no Swiftie, but my young daughters are. My daughters are not big NFL fans, but their parents are. This season's combination of TSwizzle and pro football was nothing but sheer entertainment for our family of six. Including the reactions of the social media world. Americans seem to either love and worship the duo or vehemently hate and demonize them. Well surprise, surprise: I hold a different perspective than most Americans. My daughters aren't witnessing me hate Taylor but they have heard me repeatedly say I would never switch lives with her. While hating a person is always wrong, elevating these two celebs - or any created being - to be gods is also to err. The above meme is inadvertently communicating that all the young girls of the world should strive to be Taylor Swift. She's the standard. And parents who don't encourage their kids to reach earthly success well they gotta just do better. I unreservedly disagree. To unwittingly commun...