Why is a rite of passage important for a girl?
To let your daughter know that she is accepted as part of the circle of women and that she has the guidance and support of the women in her life. If the adults in the society do not provide rites of passage for adolescents and concrete ways for young women to mark the transition from child to adult, they will create rites of passage of their own, such as smoking cigarettes, anorexia, bulimia, obsession with surface beauty, or becoming pregnant.
