Psychologist and author Steve Biddulph is best known for his bestselling books and lectures on parenting and boys’ education. As a parent of three boys, I’ve read some of his books and considered his advice on many occasions.
But Steve Biddulph also has good advice for fathers of girls. Recent research indicates that, as they hit adolescence, girls need their fathers more than ever – as “safe male figures who teach their daughters how to negotiate the world of men, to have self-belief, to be adventurous.”
And fathers can pass on valuable, career-related skills to their daughters. “Fathers who spend time with their daughters,” says Biddulph, “especially one to one, on outings or walking the dog, or stopping for a hot chocolate once a week, seem to have more confident daughters.”
And there are spiritual as well as relational benefits to a quality father-daughter bond. There’s nothing more important in a child’s world than a loving father and mother.
Broadcast on 2CH Sydney, Sunday 24 July 2011.




