If you’ve not read the first seven points made on this topic, kindly check the link below to read up and come back here to finish up. We mentioned 7 things your teenage girls need to Know as they grow up.
PART ONE: Your Teenage Girls Need to Know These Now
8. Cooking
As a young African girl, we think it’s mandatory you know the basics of cooking. We’re not saying you should know how to cook 200 hundred types of soups or delicacy, no.
Knowing how to buy foodstuff or cook food is one of the primary life skills for teenagers. However, before you can even buy groceries for the kitchen, you should have an idea of what you need to perfect that delicacy. You don’t want to buy tomatoes to cook okro soup, lolz.
So ladies out there, you knowing how to cook is not to be enslaved as a wife house when you get married, it’s just part of what you need to learn as you grow. We have seen testimonies of some housewives that can’t boil water for eba, not that it’s their fault, they were not taught, or their parent sees no need to teach them.
9. Cleanliness and Personal Hygiene
Hey, ladies, you should know when you need to change your panties and bra. It’s funny how some ladies still wear their underwear more than once.
Are you really kidding me? How and why on earth would you put on the same panties you wore to work/class the next day. Are you not scared of some bacteria released?
Cleanliness is what needs to be taught. You can just decide to be clean all of a sudden. It’s a process and it takes you to learn or watch somebody do it. Your bathroom and room should look neat at least always.
You don’t want to be caught unaware when your little cousin/nephew comes visiting and see your toilet is not flushed.
Back to personal hygiene, as you grow old, you’ll realize that taking your body serious is paramount. Brushing your teeth regularly, using good bathing soap, cream, deodorant etc are things you might need to teach your girls.
As they approach puberty, they might experience body odour or odour due to their monthly period. They should be able to handle these without causing a mess out of themself.
Teach them how to mob the floor, how to wash plates, and make the seating room look tidy. You can’t do this all alone mummy, even if you have house help, let your teen do these chores sometimes, the help you hired to do this was taught, so teach your children, now.
10. Politeness, Honesty and Trust.
Being polite means being aware of and respecting the feelings of other people. Being polite can not be taken as been dull, as been called nowadays. We must teach our teens not to be rude to either the younger or older ones.
Honesty and Trust- Can you 100% trust your teen? As a parent, we need to be very close to our teens so we can stand for them when the odds are against them. Teach your teen to be honest in all their dealings.
Corruption doesn’t start at an old age, it grows with individuals, and they master it as they grow older. We don’t have to leave this teaching to religious settings alone. If they spoil certain things or do something wrong, they should tell the truth.
There are this confidence parents have when they trust their kid. They will say, ”no matter what, my child can’t do this or that”. The question now is can you vouch for your child openly? If not, then you have work to do.
11. How to say I am sorry
Saying sorry is not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of maturity most time. As we know not being able to say sorry has ruined many homes and relationships, we should not teach our children to be rigid.
13. Decision Making
Your teenager will have to make a lot of decisions why growing up. Starting from career path, what to cook, what to wear, who to marry or who to date etc.
Teach them how to make distinct decisions to avoid trouble in the nearest future. You can’t decide for them forever or make decisions for them on all things. Leave some decisions for them to make, and correct them once along the line.
