What Dads Can Do for Daughters

Here's what the collective research has found about the role dads play with daughters:

Fathers influence their daughters' lives more as the girls age.
A girl's relationships with males are influenced by her early relationship with her father.
Daughters who have high involvement with their fathers show greater nongender-role typing and less sex stereotyping.
Daughters view their dads as heroes and protectors who embody order and authority.
A father validates his daughter's dreams and desires.
A father helps form a daughter's perception of femininity.
Dads help girls to feel valued.
Fathers affect in positive ways their daughters' inclinations to achieve.
Daughters are nurtured by love from both parents.
Fathers contribute to the development of self-esteem and self-confidence in daughters.
Dads help their daughters develop a sexual and personal identity that affects their eventual achievements, parenting skills, and marriage.
Dads convey beliefs and values that are adopted by their daughters.

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