Improving Father and Teenage Daughter Relationships Using Some Simple Pointers
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The father and teenage daughter relationship is an interesting one and there are many fathers around the world who can often feel completely lost, unable to figure out how to make their relationship with their daughter better.
There was a time in every father’s relationship with their daughter when they were the most important person in that young girl’s life, but as she grows older, as her body changes and hormones kick in, her priorities also change.
There are many trust issues that need to be resolved, among other things, just to keep the father and teenage daughter relationship from falling apart. Most fathers have trouble looking at their daughters as young women, seeing them in the modern fashions that young kids wear, and especially heading out in the evenings or on weekends on dates with boys. After all, fathers know very well what is on the minds of every young adolescent boy and he wants to protect his daughter at all times.
The problem with this noble desire to keep one’s daughter protected is that it strains the father and teenage daughter relationship. There are things that every father needs to do in order to build a strong and healthy relationship with his daughter. By following some of these simple bits of advice, there is no reason why the father and teenage daughter won’t get along perfectly for the remainder of her childhood, while building a strong foundation for a long and happy life together as she becomes an adult, moves out, gets married, and has her own children.
Establish trust – Most fathers tend to overreact when their daughters talk of boys, sex, or other topics about relationships, but it’s these topics that tend to be the most important in a young girl’s life. By establishing trust and showing your daughter that you will listen and be there for whatever she needs without judging, scolding, or trying to teach a lesson, she will come to you more often, especially when she needs you the most.
Confidence – Tell your daughter that anything she tells you will be kept in the strictest of confidence. This means that no matter what she tells you, you must not turn around and let her mother know if she doesn’t want her to. When you establish that confidence and trust, you’ve built the cornerstones of a strong father and teenage daughter relationship.
Be attentive – When she’s talking to you, don’t spend your time working on something else. This may be fine at your job, but your daughter deserves your undivided attention.
Ask questions, but don’t interrogate – Your daughter doesn’t want to feel as though she’s in a police interrogation room. If you have questions about what she’s done lately, where she’s been, or who she’s gone out with, just ask, and if she doesn’t want to answer, let it go.
When you build a bond of confidence and trust with your daughter, you will build a much stronger foundation for the father and teenage daughter relationship. When she feels that she can come to you with any problem, with any question, then you will have the best relationship with your teenage daughter.
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