Dads and daughters

I grew up with a #girldad. My own dad, being the father of me and my sister, was, of course, on a technical level, a dad of two daughters. But that is just the basic description. He was so much more than that. He was – still is – a complete and total girl-dad. He […]

7 years ago

Dads are life’s real super heroes. There is no denying that growing up with an involved, caring father or father figure has a very positive impact on children. Especially, it seems, for girls. According to clinical social worker and author of The Childproof Parent Melissa Benaroya, fathers are especially impactful on their daughters’ health and well-being. To […]

7 years ago

Looks like there is something in the old “daddy’s girl” expression after all.

7 years ago

Here’s one for all the daddies’ girls… Psychologists say the relationship between dads and daughters really is different. New research, published in the American Psychological Association’s journal Behavioural Neuroscience, has found that Dads with toddler daughters are more attentive and responsive to their daughters’ needs than fathers with toddler sons. The psychologists, who used brain scans and recordings […]

7 years ago

A dance centre in the US held a daddy-daughter ballet class to celebrate Valentine’s Day and the video clips will bring tears of joy (and laughter) to your eyes. The Philadelphia Dance Centre hosted the class so that daddies could arabesque and plié with their young ballerinas. And join in they did, with varying levels of […]

10 years ago

A new study of five-hundred dads with daughters under the age of eighteen has revealed the top skills that fathers with a little girl have mastered. Dads of daughters know how to do a French plait, who Barbie’s boyfriend is and all of the words to Olly Murs’ ‘Troublemaker‘ according to a new survey. Girl-daddies also […]

10 years ago