Ok, so I've seen several videos online where others and young daughters are dressing up in their freshest gear to go out on a "date" and they're getting so much praise for doing so. Well, I purposely keep scrolling and don't give a thumbs up or a heart or a repeat showing of the video by sharing it because THAT is something a father should do ANYWAY! A dad should be taking time out to spend with his child (albeit that child is a son or daughter) without the camera rolling to document the event.
A simple trip to Target, a little one on one b-ball game, heck sitting in the living room playing Mario Kart, a bedtime story at night or just a chat about the day is something a child would appreciate a lot more than the one day/night he decides he wants to take her out to show her how a man should treat her when she gets older. That's all fine and good, but what about being there everyday to show her how a dad should treat her as a child first!
Men, treat your daughters with respect and kindness without yelling and screaming at her so she knows that's NOT the way she needs to be treated as a child or in her adult life. Don't be disrespectful to her mother and treat her mother with love, kindness and respect. If the mom and dad aren't together anymore the parents need to be cordial to one another. Again, do this for your sons too because they need to see how to treat women when they grow up. I so believe men need to be in their boys' lives because although many mothers have done a great job at raising their sons alone, God did not intend it to be so. Men need to teach their sons how to be men. In other words, be role models to your own children. Don't allow people they see on television take that role in which was given to you when you helped to create the child that calls you dad.
I digress. THAT is how you show a child how she should be treated by a a man when she grows up. NOT by taking her on one date. In my mind, this only shows your child to expect a good time only once and only when the camera is rolling. It also fosters the belief that in order to have a good time you have to get dressed up and be on your best behavior and not enjoy who you are when you go out on a date...you have to put up this phony façade. Stop doing this to your kids! Spend time with your child in the natural and stop making them believe that life is a fairytale when they grow up. Stop making them believe that things are all peaches and cream until midnight when the carriage turns back into a pumpkin.
