Fathers & Daughters

Health

Are Father-Daughter Relationships Good or Bad for Your Health?

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on January 17, 2022

Good fathering makes daughters healthier for a lifetime. Here's how.

Good fathering makes daughters healthier for a lifetime. Here's how.

Relationships

What Are "Daddy Issues" and How Can You Recognize Them in a Partner?

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on July 13, 2021

Are your relationship problems with your wife or girlfriend related to her dad? Find out how and why he affects her behavior towards you.

Are your relationship problems with your wife or girlfriend related to her dad? Find out how and why he affects her behavior towards you.

Hiding the fact that they are gay is hurting fathers' relationships with their kids? How can daughters help repair this damage?

Relationships

How Politics Damage Father-Daughter Relationships

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on January 11, 2021

Are your dad's political views damaging your relationship? Are you so angry or disappointed you can hardly stand to talk to him nowadays? Do you wonder how to change him?

Are your dad's political views damaging your relationship? Are you so angry or disappointed you can hardly stand to talk to him nowadays? Do you wonder how to change him?

Stress

Stop Treating Your Dad Like a Banking Machine

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on January 2, 2021

Is money stressing your father-daughter relationship? Dad, do you feel taken advantage of like a banking machine? Daughter, do you feel unloved or unfairly treated financially?

Is money stressing your father-daughter relationship? Dad, do you feel taken advantage of like a banking machine? Daughter, do you feel unloved or unfairly treated financially?

Relationships

Ten Father-Daughter Lies

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on January 1, 2021

Are myths and lies damaging your father-daughter relationship? Recognizing and trashing those false beliefs can help you create a more meaningful, more relaxed bond.

Are myths and lies damaging your father-daughter relationship? Recognizing and trashing those false beliefs can help you create a more meaningful, more relaxed bond.

Relationships

How COVID-19 Can Open Up Father-Daughter Relationships

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on June 25, 2020

Can you gain anything from the pandemic? Yes. You can open that "closed" gate in your father-daughter relationship to create a more meaningful bond.

Can you gain anything from the pandemic? Yes. You can open that "closed" gate in your father-daughter relationship to create a more meaningful bond.

Relationships

How Your "Daddy Issues" Damage Your Relationships With Men

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on March 26, 2020

How and why should daughters get over their "daddy" issues?

How and why should daughters get over their "daddy" issues?

Relationships

Wicked Stepmothers: Enemy of Father-Daughter Relationships?

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on December 7, 2019

Is the stepdaughter-stepmom relationship damaging your father-daughter bond? What can you or your dad do about it?

Is the stepdaughter-stepmom relationship damaging your father-daughter bond? What can you or your dad do about it?

Sport and Competition

Winning Dads: Famous Female Athletes and Their Fathers

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on July 23, 2019

What does it take to become a world famous female athlete? A strong father-daughter relationship is often the key.

What does it take to become a world famous female athlete? A strong father-daughter relationship is often the key.

Assertiveness

How to Improve Your Communication with Men

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on July 16, 2019

Are your father issues creating communication problems with men? A few changes can go a long way.

Are your father issues creating communication problems with men? A few changes can go a long way.

Stress

The Wedding Blues: Father-Daughter Stress

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on July 14, 2019

Are things between you and your dad getting tense now that you're starting to plan your wedding? Take steps now to control the damage.

Are things between you and your dad getting tense now that you're starting to plan your wedding? Take steps now to control the damage.

Relationships

How Your Dad Affects Your Relationships with Men

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on July 10, 2019

Daughters who didn’t have good relationships with their fathers while growing up have more troubled relationships with men.

Daughters who didn’t have good relationships with their fathers while growing up have more troubled relationships with men.

Relationships

Rate Your Father-Daughter Relationship

Linda Nielsen Ed.D. on June 13, 2019

Is your father-daughter relationship troubling you? Wish it was better, don't know what steps to take or worry that it's too late? Dads and daughters, step up and start now.

Is your father-daughter relationship troubling you? Wish it was better, don't know what steps to take or worry that it's too late? Dads and daughters, step up and start now.