As the father of a daughter, I’ve learned a lot of things I wouldn’t have expected to master. For instance, parting hair to achieve the perfect pig-tails. Or, how to select a cute outfit to take a kid out in public when I can barely match my own clothes. OK … so I’m still working on that one, but you get the idea.
But one of the most important things I’ve learned is to watch what I say and do. Every word and action gets sifted through the filter of, is this something that could, if she hears it, end up causing her to limit herself? Success, for me, is her looking at life — professional options, work, relationships — with a sense of possibility.