The one thing every father must teach his daughter #parenting #relationships

What do daughters need from their fathers? Any child's relationship with either parent, mother or father, has a lifelong effect. But especially, let's talk about the effect that a father's relationship has on a little girl, and what that means for her when she becomes a woman. A lot of people are going to tell you that the main reason why a father's presence in a daughter's life is discipline. That he keeps her on the straight and narrow. He keeps her out of trouble. And that without a strong father, she ends up in all types of trouble. The reality is though, that's really just a very small part of parenting. The main thing that a father does for a daughter, and its effect is lifelong, is by his very presence, assure her that her value is absolutely unconditional. That she has worth in his eyes, not based on what she can do for him, how pretty she is, how sweet she acts, but just the fact that she is his daughter, and he is her father. The relationship is permanent and rock solid. He's not going anywhere. And when a girl has that sense of rock solid security growing up, she's able then, in a mature way, later to transfer that feeling of security into her relationship with her husband. To trust him, to rely on him, to feel safe with him. A girl who doesn't grow up with that, finds it really hard to ever really trust a man. And then you have all types of problems, like women who are hyper independent, hyper competent. They're terrified of abandonment, so they can never really bond with their husband. They can never let their guard down, cuz they're terrified of being let down again, like they were by their father. So I tell you, men, if you want your daughter to grow up and have not only a healthy self-esteem, but a healthy marriage, the greatest thing you can do is make sure she knows that you're always going to be there no matter what, not based on anything that she does, not based on value that she offers, but just because that's who you are to her and that's who she is to you.