One Tennessee father has very simple rules for boys attempting to date his five daughters -- and they’re going viral for how empowering they are to the little ladies he’s raising.
一位田纳西州的父亲对想要和他的五个女儿约会的男孩提出了很简单的要求——这些要求同时也赋予了女儿们绝对的主动权，因此而走红网络。
"You’ll have to ask them what their rules are," J. Warren Welch wrote on Facebook Sunday. "I’m not raising my little girls to be the kind of women who need their daddy to act like a creepy possessive bada-- in order for them to be treated with respect. You will respect them, and if you don’t, I promise they won’t need my help putting you back in your place. Good luck, pumpkin."
“首先你得问问她们自己的规则都是什么，” J. Warren Welch周日在Facebook上写道。“我并不是要让我的女儿们成为那种为了得到尊重，仗着她们的爸爸在背后撑腰，就表现出极强占有欲的可怕女人。”你必须尊重她们，如果你不这样做，我保证她们不需要我的帮助，就能让你打道回府。祝你好运，小子。”
The message seemed to resonate with readers as the "rules" went viral, with more than 18,000 people sharing them. Welch and his wife, Natasha Welch, have a blended family where they’re parents to five girls, ranging from the age of 6 to 16.
这条 “忠告”迅速蹿红并似乎引起了读者的共鸣，有超过1.8万人分享了这些忠告。Welch和他的妻子Natasha Welch以及五个女儿是重组家庭，女儿们的年龄从6岁到16岁不等。
He told ABC News he was inspired to write his rules after overhearing a conversation at work, where he’s the manager of an all-male department in a factory in the Appalachian Region. His coworkers were discussing intimidating men who were coming to date their daughters.
他在接受美国广播公司新闻采访时表示，他是在工作中听到了他的同事们讨论怎样威胁要和女儿约会的男人后受到启发，写了这些规则。他所在的工厂位于美国阿帕拉契亚地区，他是一个全男性部门的经理。
"I understand the mindset. I’m a very protective father," he said. "But I’m more sensitive because a lot of the messaging has overtures of misogyny in it." Welch said although he grew up in a very "conservative household" where women were "submissive," he’s really trying to ensure his daughters become the best women they can be.
“我理解他们的心态。我也是一个非常有保护欲的父亲，”他说。“但我更敏感，因为我听到的很多信息都暗示了对女性的厌恶。”Welch说，尽管他是在一个非常保守的家庭中长大的，那里的女性都是“顺从的”，但他确实在努力确保自己的女儿能成为她们能成为的最好的女性。
"It’s trying to raise them to know who they want to be and to be who they want to be and to do what makes them happy," he explained. "As a father raising daughters, I have to step back. I don’t get to build this picture of what my daughter’s lives should look like."
他解释说:“我就是想让她们知道自己想成为什么样的人，并努力成为那样的人，做能让她们自己感到快乐的事情。”“作为女儿们的父亲，我不得不后退一步。我不能擅作主张为我女儿规划她们今后的生活。”
