Mothers always worry about their kids, especially for girls.
It's not easy to be a woman or woman-to-be, that includes both the mom and daughter. It's called "the pain of growth", physically and mentally, for girls. It is foreboding because as a mother I have experienced it myself. It's not a joy ride at all. I wish she didn't need to go through those challenges that I had gone through. But I know one day she'll be a mother too, and probably someone's girlfriend or wife or being sacked by someone once or twice. I don't particularly feel worried about my sons'future. Because they have won the lottery by birth already to be born as males. Their paths are different. They're in the hurt lockers. Does it sound like the mother from " The Thorn Bird" ? Maggie was the only girl in the family. Mom sighed for her from the start: what could happen with this child? What good could it be to be Maggie?
Girls' confidence usually plummets at 13. My daughter is 11, turning 12 in December. She has all As and is good at many things. But I'm afraid it'll change when she enters puberty. It's a turning point, and negative on girl's psyche.