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Quotes from fathers about daughters31. "Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy's little girl." ―Richard L. Ratliff
32. "My life is a fairy tale because it revolves around a princess—my beautiful daughter." —Dumitru D. Coman
33. "I took my daughter to the father-daughter dance, and I cried like a little baby. She's 11 years old, so seeing her get dressed up and pretty made me cry." —Kevin Hart
34. "One of the greatest things about daughters is how they adored you when they were little; how they rushed into your arms with electric delight and demanded that you watch everything they do and listen to everything they say." —Michael Josephson
35. "When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away." —Hugh Jackman
36. "Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million-dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla." —Jim Bishop
37. "Any astronomer can predict with absolute accuracy just where every star in the universe will be at 11:30 tonight. He can make no such prediction about his teenage daughter." —James T. Adams
38. "The happiest moment of my life was probably when my daughter was born." —David Duchovny
39. "I don't have to prepare to be wrapped around my daughter's finger. I have been wrapped around her little finger since the day she plopped out into this world." —Ryan Reynolds
40. "When my daughter says, 'Daddy, I need you!' I wonder if she has any idea that I need her a billion times more." —Stanley Behrman
41. "The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, 'Daddy, I need to ask you something,' he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan." —Garrison Keillor
42. "Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half—especially if he has a teenage daughter." —Guy Lombardo
43. "You fathers will understand. You have a little girl. She looks up to you. You're her oracle. You're her hero. And then the day comes when she gets her first permanent wave and goes to her first real party, and from that day on, you're in a constant state of panic." —Stanley T. Banks
44. "Having a daughter makes you see things in a different way. This is my only girl. So I don't care what it takes to protect her. You can call it what you want to call it. As long as you treat her the same way I treat her, like my princess, I don't mind." —Tracy Morgan
45. "I rescind my early statement, 'I could never fall in love with a girl who regularly poops her pants.' I hadn't met my daughter yet." —Dax Shepard
46. "My daughter got me a World's Best Dad mug. So we know she's sarcastic." —Bob Odenkirk
47. "I watch my daughter wanting to be like other kids and getting upset that she's not. But I always try and instill in her the idea that she's perfect as she is." —Idris Elba
48. "A man's daughter is his heart. Just with feet, walking out in the world." —Mat Johnson, Loving Day
49. "Dads immediately fall in love with their little girls and will let them get away with everything. So moms are going to have to be the disciplinarians when it comes to daughters." —Jimmy Fallon
Like these father-daughter quotes, these amazing dad quotes are full of inspiration.
Quotes from daughters about dad50. "My dad believed in me, even when I didn't. He always knew I could do this." —Taylor Swift
51. "My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem." —Gwyneth Paltrow
52. "My dad is awesome. But you know what they say, 'Like father, like daughter.'" —Unknown
53. "It doesn't matter who my father was; It matters who I remember he was."—Anne Sexton
54. "I am my father's daughter, and I am not afraid of anything." —Elizabeth I, Elizabeth
55. "It was my father who taught me to value myself." —Dawn French
56. "You gotta love dads. At my wedding, when I tripped on my wedding dress and fell flat on my face, my dad said, 'Don't worry, you'll do better next time.'" —Melanie White
57. "Daddy, thanks for being my hero, chauffeur, financial support, listener, life mentor, friend, guardian and simply being there every time I need a hug." —Agatha Stephanie Lin
58. "[My father] has always provided me a safe place to land and a hard place from which to launch."—Chelsea Clinton
59. "My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught me many lessons and showed me many things as we went together along the country by-ways." —Sarah Orne Jewett
60. "I love my father as the stars—he's a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart." —Terri Guillemets
61. "There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father." —Alison Lohman
62. "I love my daddy. My daddy's everything. I hope I can find a man that will treat me as good as my dad." —Lady Gaga
63. "Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter." —Joseph Addison
64. "My mother gave me my drive, but my father gave me my dreams." —Liza Minelli
65. "Fathers just have a way of putting everything together." —Erika Cosby
66. "My daddy was my hero. He was always there for me when I needed him. He listened to me and taught me so many things. But most of all he was fun." —Bindi Irwin
67. "When my father didn't have my hand, he had my back." —Linda Poindexter
68. "My father died many years ago, and yet when something special happens to me, I talk to him secretly not really knowing whether he hears, but it makes me feel better to half believe it." —Natasha Josefowitz
69. "Being a daddy's girl is like having a permanent armor for the rest of your life." —Marinela Reka
If you're looking for something a little shorter to write in your card, get some inspiration with these Father's Day messages.
Father-daughter quotes from songs70. "You are my hero and that will never change. You still can dry my tears with just a smile." —Natalie Grant, "I'll Always Be Your Baby"
71. "When times are hard, I know you'll be strong. I'll be there in your heart when you'll carry on. Like moonlight on the water, and sunlight in the sky, fathers, and daughters never say goodbye." —Michael Bolton, "Fathers and Daughters"
72. "Goodnight, my angel, now it's time to dream. Dream how wonderful your life will be." —Billy Joel, "Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)"
73. "Life flies by in seconds. You're not a baby, Gracie, you're my friend." —Ben Folds, "Gracie"
74. "Hey, little girl, look what you've done. You've gone and stole my heart and made it your own." —Jack Johnson, "My Little Girl"
75. "Baby I paint the sky blue; My greatest creation was you." —Jay-Z, "Glory"
76. "They don't make men like my daddy anymore." —Loretta Lynn, "They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy"
77. "Isn't she pretty, truly the angel's best. I'm so happy we have been heaven-blessed." —Stevie Wonder, "Isn't She Lovely"
78. "I wanna hold you, protect you from all of the things I've already endured. And I wanna show you, show you all the things that this life has in store for you. And I'll always love you, the way that a father should love his daughter." —Staind, "Zoe Jane"
79. "You're the end of the rainbow, my pot o' gold. You're daddy's little girl to have and hold." —Michael Bublé, "Daddy's Little Girl"
80. "Things are going to change so fast. I tell you that I'll always want you near." —Tori Amos, "Winter"
Loving these father-daughter quotes? Add these Father's Day songs to your playlist for Dad's special day.
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Do You Want Your Teen To Be Emotionally Healthy?
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"I can't stand my parents. I am just waiting until next year when I leave for college and don't have to deal with them anymore."
"My mom drove me to therapy today because I'm grounded from the car for 2 weeks. I got a speeding ticket. It sucks not to have a car but I guess I get why they did that."
My teen clients have lots to say about their parents in our therapy sessions. Which one of these quotes sounds like the experience of connection with parents?
While we all need connection with other humans, it can be a lifeline for teens and emerging adults. Adolescents are discovering themselves and finding their way in the world beyond family. On their way toward independence, social relationships with peers become a bridge. During this process of trial and error, as they figure themselves out and find "their people," teens are in a precarious place and critically need predictable and stable connections. Parents and other helping adults are the stakes that ground teens during a time of great change, growth, and necessary risk-taking. These connections have the greatest power to affect, influence, and impact adolescents' emotional health and well-being.
The benefits of connectedness are both protective and reparative for teens and adults who love and care about them. The Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, identified teen mental health and suicide rates as a public health crisis in his 2021 Advisory on Protecting Youth Mental Health. In 2017, even before the pandemic, the CDC put out a report titled, "Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policies, Programs and Practices." In 2023, Gallup shared a report through the Institute for Family Studies titled, "Parenting is the Key to Adolescent Mental Health." All of these studies found one critical intervention in common: Strong and secure emotional attachment, a mechanism for connectedness, can increase healthy coping and help-seeking behaviors, and has a powerful influence on health and wellness for children and teens.
For such a requisite endeavor, however, it can feel challenging to cultivate and nurture connectedness with teens as they push and pull away. They both need us and do not always want our vital support. Experiencing meaningful connectedness with adolescents and emerging adults is a balancing act. Their evolutionary need is to separate from parents and self-sustain ("I don't need you. I can do it"). Caretakers' evolutionary urges are to nurture and protect; we're sure that we can see a train wreck coming at them from a mile away.
Both are true.
These opposing stances prompt numerous dilemmas for parents and teens to navigate, which have the potential for either greater conflict or greater connection. Achieving the latter takes awareness and efforts to build and maintain a relational base that promotes a connected experience for parents and teens alike. The variables contributing to mental health challenges for adolescents today are numerous and complex. When teens are experiencing mental health struggles, parents can harness great power as a resource within a connected relationship.
My 30 years as a therapist working with adolescents and their parents have taught me that:
Over decades of talking with thousands of teens and reviewing relevant studies, I, along with a colleague and co-author, have been able to identify 5 key skill sets to create and maintain a connected parent-teen relationship: Respect, Authenticity, Kindness, Predictability, and Acceptance can be cultivated and deliberately practiced. As the mother of two emerging adult men, I have also put these skills and strategies to the test while humbly parenting over the past 21 years.
To find a therapist, visit the Psychology Today Therapy Directory.
Welcome to my blog on "Parenting Teens Through Connection". Here I hope parents will feel em
References
Surgeon General Advisory on Youth Mental Health [Review of Surgeon General Advisory on Youth Mental Health], 2021.
Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices [Review of Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices], 2017.
Rothwell, Jonathan. Parenting Is the Key to Adolescent Mental Health [Review of Parenting Is the Key to Adolescent Mental Health]. Institute for Family Studies. Https://ifstudies.Org/ifs-admin/resources/briefs/ifs-gallup-parentingteenmentalhealthnov2023.Pdf, 2021.
More references50 Father-Son Quotes Perfect For Sharing On Father's Day
Heartfelt quotes about fathers to sons21. "My wild, wild son, run free. Ooh, you'll know it when you're where you're supposed to be." —Armin van Buren, "Wild, Wild Son"
22. "The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days." —Voltaire
23. "Someday you will know that a father is much happier in his children's happiness than in his own. I cannot explain it to you: It is a feeling in your body that spreads gladness through you." —Honore de Balzac
24. "To my son, never forget that I love you. Life is filled with hard times and good times. Learn from everything you can. Be the man I know you can be." —Unknown
25. "Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough." —Robert Downey Jr.
26. "One of the greatest gifts you can give your teenage boy is the gift of letting him know you get it. You've been there." —Sebastian R. Jones
27. "Boys are fun. They make you laugh. They are full of life and can share that energy with you. They also touch your heart; they are deeply feeling." —Steve Biddulph
28. "My son's the most precious thing to me; he's changed me from being selfish to selfless." —Ricardo Antonio Chavira
29. "If my son is happy, then I am happy." —Chris Paul
30. "Father and son relationships can be complicated—mine certainly is. Love. Hate. Respect. Fear. Worship. Disdain. Pride. Disappointment. Happiness. Anger. Joy. Sadness. The list goes on." —John H. Clark III
31. "But now, being a parent, I go home and see my son and I forget about any mistake I ever made or the reason I'm upset. I get home and my son is smiling or he comes running to me." —LeBron James
Once you've gotten through these heartwarming father-son quotes, check out these sweet father-daughter quotes.
Father-son quotes about fatherhood32. "My father raised us to step toward trouble rather than to step away from it." —Justin Trudeau
33. "Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father." —Barack Obama
34. "Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man." —Frank Pittman
35. "Becoming a dad is one thing—being a dad is many things." —Steve Chapman
36. "When a father gives to his son, both laugh. When a son gives to his father, both cry." —William Shakespeare
37. "My father taught me a good lesson: Don't get too low when things go wrong. And don't get too high when things are good." —Robert Parish
38. "My dad's definition of success is when you look at your son and daughter and realize they turned out better than you." —Joe Biden
39. "I'm struck by a few things today, most of which is the power of the invisible role model…. Perhaps it's the newfound clarity I have as a father, knowing that my son will always be watching what I do, mimicking my behavior, one day maybe even following in my footsteps." —Prince Harry
40. "With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you." —Brad Pitt
41. "By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong." —Charles Wadsworth
42. "The father who does not teach his sons his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them." —Confucius
43. "I am a family man, and my most important role is a father to my son." —Ed Skrein
44. "Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice." —Charles F. Kettering
45. "My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'" —Michael Jordan
46. "My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it." —Clarence B. Kelland
47. "A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be." —Frank A. Clark
48. "My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness, and being on time. All very important lessons." —Roger Moore
49. "Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad." —Jack Baker
50. "Don't wait until your son is a man to make him great; make him great as a boy." —Unknown
Father-son quotes don't get much sweeter than that. Actually, these family quotes and brother quotes are just as special!
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