I'm sure you will raise her just the right way!
Thanks for your vote of confidence! I'm terrified of all the trouble she could get into (drugs, unprotected sex, violence, spreading evil speech about others, racism, hatred of people who are of different religion, sex, economic background, sexual orientation, etc.) Sure, I'll do my best to teach her in the way of the Lord to do tzdekah and mishpat (justice and righteousness) and learn her to love God, and love others as herself, but man oh man, the thought of what could go wrong...terrifying.
Yes, I can't shelter her forever. I can't hide her from the world. She will have to venture out on her own. She will have to heed the call "lech lecha" (go for yourself) as Abram did. I can't prevent her from living her life. And she will make whatever choices she's going to make, whether for good or ill. Hopefully for good, but sometimes people need to learn from bad choices.
It's just that she's so young and precious and so full of promise and how badly I want to keep her from being "polluted by the world."
Any other parents out there that feel this way (or did?) Or am I just looney.