dads of daughters Archives - I have a daughter https://ihaveadaughter.com/tag/dads-of-daughters/ Dads of Daughters Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:02:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://ihaveadaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-white-logo-32x32.jpeg dads of daughters Archives - I have a daughter https://ihaveadaughter.com/tag/dads-of-daughters/ 32 32 Fathering far more women than just his daughter. This is Alfred’s story. https://ihaveadaughter.com/fathering-the-women-of-the-world/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fathering-the-women-of-the-world Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:52:25 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4731   Alfred Muli is not just the proud father to his three year old daughter, Ayn, but an active feminist whose life’s work has been dedicated to advocating for and raising awareness around women’s issues as well as encouraging more […]

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]]> Dad Up! https://ihaveadaughter.com/dad-up/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dad-up Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:32:14 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4397   In comedian Steve Patterson’s recent book, “Dad Up”, he lists the only two lessons his dad taught him that he wants his daughters Scarlett, 7 and Norah, 2, to learn and live by: 1. Don’t be an arsehole 2. […]

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]]> Growing Pains, Growing Gains https://ihaveadaughter.com/growing-pains-growing-gains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=growing-pains-growing-gains Fri, 19 Nov 2021 10:24:02 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4384   Fabrice will jokingly describe the last year with his daughter Stella, now six, as full of plot twists, all related to the unexpected development of a Miss Hyde to her Dr. Jekyll.  When Miss Hyde takes over, he says, […]

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]]> “My daughters have the same opportunities that my sons do.” Dad dispels the myth of gender inequality in Pakistan. https://ihaveadaughter.com/dispelling-myths-of-inequality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dispelling-myths-of-inequality Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:11:07 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4339 One of the first things Qamar tells me is that he wants to dispel the myth of inequality between men and women in his home country of Pakistan. A father of four daughters (Zara, 16, Sanya, 14, Aysha, 9, and […]

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]]> It will naturally be more difficult for my daughters in the world as women https://ihaveadaughter.com/it-will-be-more-difficult-for-my-daughters-as-women/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it-will-be-more-difficult-for-my-daughters-as-women Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:32:23 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4298   Terpandros believes that working with his oldest daughter, Eirini, 22, is one of the best things that could have happened in their relationship. For most of Eirini’s life, they lived apart as she stayed with her mother when they […]

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]]> For Fathers: Girls, Body Image and Eating Disorders https://ihaveadaughter.com/for-fathers-girls-body-image-and-eating-disorders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=for-fathers-girls-body-image-and-eating-disorders Mon, 14 Jun 2021 08:56:23 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4286 Distorted body image and eating disorders among young girls are debilitating conditions that are all too frequent, but fortunately there are ways fathers can become aware of common symptoms and understand how to best approach their daughters who might be […]

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]]> Adolescent Dating Violence: A Brief Guide for Dads of Daughters – Part 2 https://ihaveadaughter.com/adolescent-dating-violence-a-brief-guide-for-dads-of-daughters-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adolescent-dating-violence-a-brief-guide-for-dads-of-daughters-part-2 Wed, 05 May 2021 09:05:00 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4273   Adolescence is a unique developmental life stage when romantic interests begin to sprout, and, as we saw in Part I of our series, dating offers many benefits and is a healthy part of a young woman’s emotional development. For […]

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]]> When Daughters Start to Date – Helping Dads Navigate This New Terrain – Part 1 https://ihaveadaughter.com/when-daughters-start-to-date/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-daughters-start-to-date Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:56:25 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4241   Often, the idea of their adolescent daughters starting to date worries fathers, for a variety of reasons. But this developmental step, now “well evidenced … [as] important … for adolescents’ self-identity, functioning and capacity for intimacy,” can not only […]

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]]> To be a good father, my role will likely need to change throughout her life https://ihaveadaughter.com/to-be-a-good-father-my-role-will-likely-need-to-change-throughout-her-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-be-a-good-father-my-role-will-likely-need-to-change-throughout-her-life Thu, 08 Apr 2021 13:07:24 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4230   Sumit S.’s life changed completely when his wife landed a job in Switzerland that required immediate relocation and for he and their five year old daughter, Miraya, to follow from India six months later. In a role reversal, Sumit, […]

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]]> Adolescent Girls and Cyberbullying – Part 2 https://ihaveadaughter.com/cyberbullying-and-adolescent-girls-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cyberbullying-and-adolescent-girls-part-2 Fri, 02 Apr 2021 08:55:08 +0000 https://ihaveadaughter.com/?p=4217     Cyberbullying in adolescent girls, while not a recent phenomenon, is receiving more and more attention recently for its devastating consequences, both for the victims and the perpetrators. In Part 1 of Growing Girl’s two-part series on cyberbullying and […]

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