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iQuestions Faculty, Michael and Amy Smalley 
 
 
Question: 
 
In a world that treats sex so casually, how can I teach my daughter 
that it's okay to remain abstinent? 
 
Answer: 
 
MICHAEL: What a great question. I’m telling you, right now we have 
our own daughter, Reagan, and I look around in our culture and sex is 
treated so casually. I love the fact that you are asking this question. 
 
Let me encourage you, especially if you’re a father watching this 
video, the greatest gift you can give your daughter, if you want to help 
keep her, is simply to have a great relationship with her. 
 
The better you are at connecting with her, loving her unconditionally, 
encouraging her, the better she will be at standing up to the pressure 
and the peer pressure that comes with sex in our culture today. 
 
AMY: And moms, we need to accept our daughters for who they are. 
Whatever size, shape, color, form— whatever they are— we need to be 
able to accept them and love them unconditionally. I think when they 
have that fill of unconditional love, then they won’t need that approval 
that comes from the outside world. 
 
MICHAEL: You know, I laugh today because there are a lot of moms 
that don’t even model how to dress appropriately. That is one of the 
things, as a mom or dad, we need to model what we want our children 
to be, especially when it comes to sex.  
 
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