Raising Girls

A Fathers' Perspective

We often have great expectations of how men should be with their daughters, and these can be a real weight to carry. We spoke to Steve who is father of five, with three children from previous marriages and two children with his wife of 33 years. All of Steve’s children are girls. Steve told me that the strongest sense he had when the girls were young was how much they needed to be protected. In his own words...

​You had to safety proof everything and even everything you didn’t see needed safety proofing; I learned this when one of my girls managed to escape the house and went exploring up the street at the age of two years. This woke me up, my awareness of their safety needs took on a whole different perspective. I realised how precious children are and I needed to protect that preciousness with all of me. That set the scene of wanting to protect them as much as I possibly could.

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