The Sun and Venus

Parenting is a continuum, not a one-off task, and people don't get into parenthood all skilled-up. However, there is liberty where there is the will, to learn 'on the job', improve on the skills, and get better. The key is to keep an open mind as there are always better ways (specific to times), no matter how good the extant ones are. Every parent is an embodiment of their experiences (good/bad) which they carry in their heads into their own families and through life, but conscious efforts should be made to consolidate on the positive, courage must be exercised to jettison the ones that are either negative or clearly obsolete and as such counterproductive.

There is no gainsaying the fact that fathers are attracted to their daughters in the most inexplicable way. There is usually this innate connection between both which in most cases starts with the dominance of the father's genes in the female child – such that does not exist between father and son in some cases. There is this natural tendency for parents and children to gravitate to the opposites, like opposites attract even here. This natural predisposition in turn imposes on the parent a huge responsibility of mentorship as well as a privilege of influence on that child. To this end, a father's influence on his daughter cannot be over emphasized.

The father – daughter connection (good or bad) has a huge impact on her (the daughter's) overall outlook and perspective of life. It practically frames and colours the lens through which she sees first herself, and then the world around her. It impacts her role behaviour, her sexuality, her concept of self, men, others – her social life in general and everything in between. A girl child who has had a touch of her fathers' love and mentorship (especially if the father is on top of his game), literally needs no formal introduction, as she stands out in the midst of the crowd. A father's touch gives a woman this wholesome balance that is required for her to be TOTAL and EXCEPTIONAL – balancing up and smoothening out what her mother spends almost all of their (mother and daughter) time together instilling in her.