tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post323494485404733124..comments2024-03-05T10:19:16.909-07:00Comments on Ask Your Dad Blog: What can a dad can teach his daughter better than a mom?John Kinnearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10217999409806454795noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-19956371963509740292014-03-26T11:34:45.361-06:002014-03-26T11:34:45.361-06:00Fantastic Post - i was always worried about having...Fantastic Post - i was always worried about having a girl! Keep up the good work pal.Karl Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418443920462601776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-63448478739136001762013-12-13T10:22:14.349-07:002013-12-13T10:22:14.349-07:00As a parent of a 17 and 15 yr old boys and an 11 y...As a parent of a 17 and 15 yr old boys and an 11 yr old girl I want to weigh in on what a son can learn from his mother. I hope that I have and continue to show my boys that every woman no matter the shape, color, and size deserve to be loved for their differences not in spite of them. I have taught them to launder their own clothes, cook their own meals, and how to clean properly. Not because I don't want to do it but because I don't want them to have to depend on a woman or expect a woman to do it for them. I have taught them the art of arguing and disagreeing with someone with out putting them down or to feel less than them (I hope). As the first woman they have ever loved and that has loved them unconditionally I hope that I have taught them how to be a better man. Becky Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11420149959480436474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-84019565781142274502013-12-12T22:20:37.901-07:002013-12-12T22:20:37.901-07:00Right on John!:) Great post. :) Right on John!:) Great post. :) -J.D. Humenayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086704419701940067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-49738348181716397722013-12-12T13:14:15.957-07:002013-12-12T13:14:15.957-07:00I don't know why, but this post brought me to ...I don't know why, but this post brought me to tears. Maybe because I've never experienced or seen a father so interested and invested in his daughter other than practical ways like clothing, feeding and putting a roof over her head. Sons, yes. Daughters, never. I may be wrong, but I think that Father's can teach their daughters self-worth in ways mom's can't. The little girl you see in that picture, you will never see on a stripper pole or with a man who treats her abusively because she has a strong male role model guiding her into womanhood that is showing her how all males should treat her. Love this dad.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11672383361070755347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7385734613853151197.post-27908768253316206592013-12-12T13:09:05.551-07:002013-12-12T13:09:05.551-07:00John, I think you're dead on right. There is ...John, I think you're dead on right. There is always some man who demonstrates to a little girl (or a little boy for that matter) what males are. I believe it's important for the family to have both, but in the absence of both inside the family, your daughter would learn from someone how men behave and how they treat women. You are right to be focused, but not obsessed, by this simple fact of life. Good for her that your daughter has a father who gets the genuine value of women in the world and treats them as genuine equals to men. That's one of those daily lessons you don't specifically teach, but rather demonstrate by your own example. Hopefully, she'll also learn how to identify men like that for herself when she gets to the point of looking for one. <br /><br />For my part, I put in a vote that you teach her that cooking is women's work AND men's work. And that cooking for someone else is a sign of caring and companionship. Both genders can and should do it for the important others in their lives. This probably applies to lots of things, but for me this is a pivotal thing to learn and practice to be happy in life. Hope you get lots more responses as I find this a fascinating discussion.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170101083783837755noreply@blogger.com