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Humility is a hard lesson for those of this generation to teach.  We’re too busy telling them that they are the best that ever was, and pumping more money into personal trainers,gym memberships, and the latest gear.

The truth is that many modern parents really believe what they think about their child is real– they really are the cutest, the smartest, and the best at everything they do.  That’s why they attribute failure to bad luck.

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It’s no secret that men and women are different, and that they do not always understand each other.  At the same time, the love that is shown between the sexes is more powerful than that shown within the sex, and the same is true when it comes to the father daughter relationship.

In Meg Meeker’s book, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, our author about how a daughter’s first love is her father.

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So, here I am, late at night, oldest child on the couch with a head cold.  Some would blame it on the change in weather.  Others could blame it on not getting enough vitamins.  I blame it on my coworker.

That’s right.  About three weeks ago, my friend and coworker decided that he was going to be a tough guy and instead of staying home and getting over his cold there, he decided to come to work and share it with all of us.  His cold went on for what seemed like two weeks, and he came in every day, coughing with his voice almost gone.

Now, I have a healthy immune system, but even I felt a little of the effects.  And my middle son all of a sudden had a cough that sounded just like my coworker’s cough.

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No, not that kind of hero.

Your daughter wants a hero, and she’s chosen you, Dad.  Scary, eh?

The twenty-first century hero looks a lot different than those of previous centuries, but has many of the same characteristics.

Meg Meeker, in her book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, lets you know that being your daughter’s hero may mean doing things that she won’t like:

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Dad, you are the first man in your daughter’s life.  You are the role model, the one that she will look up to.  You are the example– of what a dad should be and what God is like.

What an awesome and scary thought!

The first chapter in Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters is You Are the Most Important Man in Her life.  What’s amazing is that Dr. Meeker attests from experience how girls are impacted by their fathers:

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Regardless of her age, your daughter will be looking to a man in her life.  For most of her young life, that’s you, dad.

You have the biggest impact.  You make the biggest difference.  You are the one that she looks to as a model for the man that she will one day marry.  You have more power to help shape her life than you ever knew.

As a father to a little girl, these are sobering words.  We’ve all seen the situation comedies that portray the girl as the rebel and the father as the bumbling dolt.

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