:wa:
I very much agree with what you said. I can see the concern you might have if you had a daughter.
However there is one thing that is really getting into me:
If I had a daughter I would be stricter
I do see why you would want to do that, but is that a really effective way to protect a daughter and keep her away from haram?
I'm an Arab and I come from a community where many daughter's don't even finish their education. Mainly for reasons so they don't bring shame to the family, nothing to do with Islam. Although yes they very much do care and are overly protective over them.
Also I remember a fatwa on Islamqa that said an opinion of why would a lady go to university and be in a free mixing environment. That really bugged me. Yes I understand the free mixing but since when has education become haram? Instead of teaching our daughter's to stay away from contact with men without a valid reason. We are instead making the halal haram for our daughter's. If education was haram, Aisha (RA) wouldn't have been a scholar. If having a job was haram for women, Khadijah (RA) wouldn't have been a bussiness women nor would have Aisha (RA) been a teacher.
Also lets say yes, a lady goes to university makes a mistake etc (we are not perfect) why then do we treat a girl differently to when a boy makes a mistake? We are sinners after all. And we will be held accountable the same way by Allah (SWT). Allah would not a punish a women differently for the SAME mistake a guy made.
From what I see being strict has never really worked, I know girls whose parents are soo strict on them yet these girls always find a way to do wrong. They simply don't care because they was not taught, nor given love and care when they made a mistake or even when they was forbidden things without an explanataion.
I myself I made mistakes in my teen years, if my parents was not understanding & caring but simply became angry, strict and forbid me of things. I would have never seen my mistake. But thankfully they was the opposite.
What is the right way to raise a daughter? I have only one toddler daughter and I worry about her future a lot and sometimes I wish she never grow up. This world is scary. I can only Make duaa but definitely being strict with her is not in my plan. I'll have to fight with the community to allow her to have a proper full education. Sending her back home for some time seems like a good idea