Bruce Cameron

My Daughter’s Rejectable Boyfriends

W. Bruce Cameron

Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2007.

As my daughters get older, they are more and more likely to thank me for what a good job I did raising them, so I’m sure that will happen any day now. They will recognize that I protected them from all sorts of dangers, such as serial killers, car crashes and dating. In fact, I’m still on the job — just because my daughters have both reached the so-called “age of consent” doesn’t mean I have to give it.

My older daughter is currently dating a young man who seems very matur...