Lessons in love

Cathy Madavan shares ways in which we can navigate the emotional rollercoaster of supporting our daughters as they date

I’m not sure quite when it happened: one minute my daughters were at infant school, holding hands with little Adam or Robbie, and telling me they were going to get married. It was so cute. And then, suddenly, BAM! As junior school progressed into secondary school, I was launched into a world of sex education, online danger, the constant sexualisation of girls and suddenly Adam and Robbie asking for dates! Truth be told, I was simply not ready or prepared for it – or the rollercoaster of emotions that lay ahead.