I hope that whenever my daughter has a negative experience, I'm there to talk about it and remind her how we feel when it's done to her so that she doesn't do it to others.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was 16, 17, 18 years old, I felt like I had seen it all and done it all, and I was really kind of negative about everything.
My daughter had carried within her a story that kept hurting her: Her dad abandoned her. She started telling herself a new story. Her dad had done the best he could. He wasn't capable of giving more. It had nothing to do with her. She could no longer take it personally.
My actions and the things I say and do, I wonder if they have an effect on my daughter and the way she's going to be as a person. I just want her to be a good person.
My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.
My mindset at this stage, especially after having a daughter... it's just changed my whole outlook.
My daughter has impressions that she does of me.
I think a dad has to make his daughter feel that he's genuinely interested in what she's going through.
There are many tough conversations, but one of the most difficult is between a parent and an adolescent daughter, partly because as a parent we are almost always attempting to relate to someone who is no longer there.
I love my daughter, but there's a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.