Sweet Family

My daughter was my baby. When she was a baby and toddler, she would prefer me to her dad, my husband. But when she was about three, she became 'daddy's little girl' and now, that she is a young adult, she is still 'daddy's little girl' and they have a wonderful relationship. My husband wanted a girl where as most men want to have a son. He didn't have any sisters nor any aunts and so, my daughter is the first girl born in his family in three generations. So, he was really looking forward to being the first one in his family to have a girl. There are no girl cousins either. So, my daughter is a little spoiled by her daddy, my husband. I do have a good relationship with my daughter as well. Our birthdays are close together and so, we always go out for lunch and then, go shopping for our birthdays. We buy each other a present. It is a very special time. The relationship between a daughter and her dad is actually more important than we used to understand. A dad is the first man that a girl looks up to and her dad will have a tremendous impact on her abilities to relate to men in her life. Fathers do influence their daughters. http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/821928/the-importance-of-the-father-daughter-relationship Glad to hear that your daughter and her dad have a good relationship. And there will be 'girly' times that you and your daughter will enjoy together, such as shopping. We are realizing more and more the importance of parenting children, so it is becoming more demanding but in a good and positive and enjoyable way. Enjoy your children.

Most men start liking their children if they are about 2-3 years old. At that age there is more interaction and they start talking. Men like their daughters because they loop upon their dad way more. Son's will seldom do that but still might admire their dad for other reasons (how to be a "man" for example. At this time (age of your son) I would not be worried about their relationship at all. If your son is about 5 years old your daughter will be 10 years old and might find her dad very soon an old idiot with rediculous ideas about the world she is living in. I doubt if the new generation is more intelligent if I look around me world wide. Although they say so it's not proved by the grades children have at schools or the educations world wide. It's getting less and less. If your children are demanding you or your husband there is something wrong with the way you raise them. I can say my children are from 3 different generations (the eldest 29 and 28, 1 22 and the youngest 9 and 7 years old) none of them are demandiing me, they are all high intelligent, polite, attentive. I haven't seen the world change in the past 25 years they visited school, neither at the time I visited school. I learned way more in every way and what my children know/learn is teached by me.

Hello Rashmimohan I hope that you and your family are fine. I decided to be a stay-at-home mother, because my mother was always an office worker. I grew with a nanny. I decided to stay near children and home, and for me it`s very demanding. Sometimes I doubt of course, because I have no motherhood figure of a stay at home mother, she was always out of home, most of the time. I just wonder if I`m doing fine. My girl is also her daddy`s girl, she is 14 and my husband adores her. This makes me feel very happy for both of them. Blessings Rashmimohan... dainy

Kids now are very much inquisitive than kids from 10-20 years ago. Maybe it is because of the food that they eat, the milk that they drink or maybe brought about by the way they are being treated by parents. As time passes, people learn so many things, and we pass them on to our kids which then they absorb and add more knowledge about things around them.

Mine are older and out of their teens.I am matter of fact with them and there seems to be no problems. The generation differences are there but since I am open they are open too. There is no generation gap or rift in the relationship. Actually, if parents are open and forthcoming children respond openly too. We have the occasional problems when we have to be firm but the relationship is strong enough and flexible enough. We don't have fights and then moody silences. I am demanding too but never rigid. Children these days are independent and keen to assert themselves but they do approach the parents but the parent must be alert to pick up those feelers or risk communication gap. If your daughter at 5 is more attentive towards her Dad, don't just leave her be. You should negotiate and maneuvre yourself so that she can't ignore you. Do things so that you are never taken for granted. Children pick up these things and will respect you for it.