Father-daughter relationship

Alumother
Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:47:05 +0000

Sorry guys but I have to laugh. With my D, best way to proceed was just keeping my head down and trying not to kill her. Once she got competent enough to run her own life things improved. She just couldn’t tolerate not being her own boss. As a small one everyone was sorry for me with my headstrong D. As a teenager, since she could drive and make phone calls, she became exemplary - since she got such a parade from the world for her high school performance in academics and ballet we never had to have rules at all.

She is still a pistol - heaven help anyone who gets in her way. I recommend, if you have this kind of a D, strap on the armor, buckle yourself into your seat, and just make sure she knows it’s her job to take care of you when you get old. Then make sure she has a firm understand of the behavior the world rewards and the ability to delay gratification. The rest takes of itself. If, as I said, you don’t kill her first. ;)