How to Prepare Your Daughter For Her First Date

Make sure she has a good role model at home! Most girls will be attracted to someone who reminds them of their father. How does he treat her mother? Is he a kind and loving spouse or a tyrant? If she sees abuse physical, mental or verbal at home she will believe that's the norm and expect it.

Have a date night for her and her father or father figure. This doesn't have to be a weekly thing once a month will be good. This shouldn't be a quick trip to McDonalds and rush back home to say you did it, but rather she should be treated like a princess. He needs to ask her for a date, clean the car, bring her flowers, open the doors for her, basically do whatever it takes to make her happy. The goal here is after her first date for her to say "I had more fun with dad".

Let her know her first date will be a double date with mom and dad. This will give you a chance to evaluate her maturity and how her and her date interact. After the date talk about it with her. Would you want to see her date be your son-in-law in a few years? Let her know your thoughts and feelings. Depending on how you daughter and her date handle themselves you may want to double on the second, third or even more dates.