Most fathers don't see the war within the daughter, her struggles with conflicting images of the idealized and flawed father, her temptation both to retreat to Daddy's lap and protection and to push out of his embrace to that of…

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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come...

Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come...

To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy...

To have a loving relationship with a sister is not simply to have a buddy...

A daughter needs a loving, available, predictable father or father figure who can be counted...

A daughter needs a loving, available, predictable father or father figure who can be counted...

Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will...

Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will...

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out...

All fathers are invisible in daytime; daytime is ruled by mothers and fathers come out...

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is...

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is...

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of...

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of...

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in...

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

Hopefully we were all daddys little girl. He was and hopefully still is wrapped around...

Hopefully we were all daddys little girl. He was and hopefully still is wrapped around...

There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he...

There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he...

I remember a very important lesson that my father gave me when I was twelve...

I remember a very important lesson that my father gave me when I was twelve...

My father died many years ago, and yet when something special happens to me, I...

My father died many years ago, and yet when something special happens to me, I...

Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly...

Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly...

Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a...

Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a...

A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded pistol on your coffee table...theres...

A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded pistol on your coffee table...theres...

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.

Womens childhood relationships with their fathers are important to them all their lives. Regardless of...

Womens childhood relationships with their fathers are important to them all their lives. Regardless of...

A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.

A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold.