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The book "Daddy Dates" by Greg Wright was a pleasure to read. It gave practical ideas on how fathers can "date" their daughters in an attempt to know their dreams, hearts and personalities. This book is subtitled "Four Daughters, One Clueless Dad, and His Quest to Win Their Hearts." Part of his goal of "dating" his daughters was to model to them how they should expect to be treated as they began dating other men as they grew into women.
I appreciate Greg Wright's insights as to how he approached his daughters as they began their "dating" relationship. He sat them down to explain what he wanted to do to get to know them on a more personal level. Then he calls each of them on the phone and asks them out on a date. He lets them know what time he will pick them up (and comes to their door and rings the doorbell, he does not just sit in the car and honk) and what activity they will do together so they know what to wear. He tries to think of "dating activities" that are individual to each daughter, according to what she is interested in.
He makes sure to show his daughters "gentlemanly" things like bringing flowers for them and opening the car doors for them. He wants his daughters to learn to expect to be treated as the special women they are as they enter into the "real world" of dating.
I love this father's ideas and creativity about connecting with his daughters. I also love that this father loves his daughters so much that he is willing to invest so much time building a relationship with them. His daughters appreciate it too. The daughters state in the book their friends wish they had a relationship as close as theirs.
Although this book is geared toward fathers developing a relationship with their daughters, I would recommend this book to any parent. Mothers can use some of the same concepts while building a relationship with their children as this father did with his daughters.
If you have the opportunity to read this book, take it.
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