*** Be forwarned.... not for the sensitive and tender hearted***
Raising a girl takes two parents:
A mom to show her how to be a woman.
A dad to show her how to be independent.
A dad's job is to make his daughter courageous. Fearless. To ake her feel beautiful. To give her a sense of adventure. To make her feel secure and confident.
The relationship between a dad and a daughter is very simple: She will love her father and trust him completely, forever.
Because he's her first love. Her first hero. The first man in her life.
The wonder years....
- Accept the fact that she will melt your heart anytime she chooses.
- Take part in her life now. Don't wait until she's 15 to try and develop a relationship.
- When you get home from work, hold her as much as possible.This is for your benefit as much as hers.
- Sing to her while you're rocking her. She'll love hearing your voice as much as you love the bonding.
- Tell her from day one that she can accomplish anything.
- Let her sleep on your chest when she's a baby. This is when the world begins to make sense.
- Memorize her face. Her eyes. Her hands. She'll be memorizing everything about you.
- Give her baths. Do not leave this to mom alone. It's pure magic.
- Her mom will show her how to bake cookies. You show her how to dunk them in milk.
- Know that while you will never understand her thing for dolls, you will buy more of them than you can possibly imagine.
- Emotionally, physically, and spiritually healthy girls are raised in a loving atmosphere. Do all you can to creat a tranquil home.
- Be prepared to watch a Disney movie with her some 200 times.
- Tickle her, play with her, give her piggyback rides. She's not breakable.
- Never lost the wonder of watching her and her mother together.
- Relish the moment when she toddles up and for no reason at all throws her arms around your neck. Resist the urge to buy her the world.
- Trust her mom to understand the mystery of little girls. You have yet to figure out the mystery of big ones.
- Never, ever, make fun of her.
- Bear in mind that from the very beginning your personality will shape her.
- Realize that as you shape her, she will shape you.
- Always remember, she can do anything a boy can do.
- Brush her hair occationally. You'll be amazed how long she'll want you to do this.
- Never forget that supportive fathers produce daughters with high self-esteem.
- Read to her often. Very soon, she'll be reading to you.
- Give her a picture of you to put in her first purse. If you're lucky, she'll always carry a photo of you.
- Buy her a jungle gym. However, if she falls off that jungle gym, disregard those thoughts about killing yourself.
- Encourage her to play with boys.
- Play catch with her. Even if the ball is pink and covered with glitter.
- Dance with her always. She'll never be too young. Or old.
- Give her a Valentine's Day card... every year.
- Ask about her day, every day. Share her wonder.
- Keep her secrets. This way she will begin to trust men.
- Write this down. Girls cry. A lot.
- Show her how to play poker.
- Teach her not to be afraid of boys, but to be ready to challenge them.
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More another day...... this is making me cry!
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