How to be a positive male influence for daughters

Blogger and author Adrian Kulp discusses how fathers can be a positive male influence on their daughters
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How to be a positive male influence for daughters

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My wife and I now have 3 kids. And our firstborn is Ava, my first daughter. And I’m very conscious about how I act around her and am very concerned about and in tune hopefully with how I can be a positive influence on her as a dad. She sees everything I do. She picks up my sayings, my actions. So I think that it’s important that I pay attention to the way that I interact with my wife, not that I’m not always nice to her. But I am paying attention to that. I think that she notices the way that we interact with each other. And if it’s in a kind and loving place I think that sticks with her. Aside from that, I think a lot of it is being encouraging and loving and practicing patience and understanding, which were not my forte. It’s an acquired skill. But I think those things are all important in playing a positive male role for your daughter. Beyond just the interaction between me and my wife I think another thing that’s really important is to be encouraging and supportive and loving to my daughter. One of the biggest things for me is to really focus on being patient, which is not my forte, but it’s an acquired skill that I’ve come to find over the last few years. But I think all of those things combined help me to be a positive male role model for my daughter.

Blogger and author Adrian Kulp discusses how fathers can be a positive male influence on their daughters

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Adrian Kulp

Author & Blogger of Dad or Alive

Adrian Kulp is a stay-at-home dad for three kids under the age of 7.  His popular blog, ‘Dad or Alive’ helped him procure a deal at Penguin Publishing, titled Dad or Alive: Confessions of an Unexpected Stay-at-home Dad.  He also writes for The Huffington Post and is preparing a comedic lecture based on his transition into fatherhood. Adrian is a former TV executive both for Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison and Chelsea Handler’s Borderline Amazing Productions, as well as the comic booker for ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’ on CBS. Adrian's feature article 'Breaking Binky' was recently published in the February 2017 issue of Parents Magazine. This spring, he was nominated for a Shorty Award in Parenting, as well as an IRIS Award for 'Dad Blog of the Year' at the annual Mom 2.0 Summit held in Orlando.

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