yah that would lose me too. we are going to take a strong hand, but very THERE for her if she ever exists :)
tw Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. -- siddhartha gautama On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > They lost me when they said "Why your daughter needs god". > > I'm proud that my daughter, at 8, has already figured out there's not > really a "live" Santa Claus. I hope she doesn't ever expect "prince > charming" to come along.....I don't want my daughter to ever think > that if she submits to her husband that she'll be securing her place > in heaven. > > In general, I agree with you though about being a strong parent first, > then a friend. I've got a coworker who has taken the "best friend" > route and he has raised a daughter that is quite the handful.... > > > On Jan 6, 2009, at 1:03 PM, Sam wrote: > >> There's a book "Strong Father Strong Daughter" that covers that. Be >> her friend yes, but be her parent first and be a strong one. I sent >> the book to all my friends with daughters. >> >> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Rastafari <[email protected]> wrote: >>> a friend of mine who has a daughter gave me the best advice >>> ever... he said, my job as a dad, is to be my daughters BEST >>> friend, her confidante, her everything... so that she trusts him >>> and has a great male role model. it will help make her seek >>> that same guy in her future husband. if i have a daughter, this >>> is what i will strive to do, every single day of her life. >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283975 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
