What is a Daddy......
by Raveheart
about 4 years ago
I have a article that was published in 2005 that i was blessed enough to write, I would like to share it here I see many questions on this particular board that it will answer I hope you all find it useful. I have been Mentoring Daddy/Masters for a very long time.
Sincerly
Raveheart
What is a Daddy?
A Daddy is many things, that is the individuality of the Man. But to each Daddy there is a core make up of what He consist of. I will endeavor in this writing to discuss what a Daddy is to me, and my opinion of character traits He must possess.
First off, before any other trait, a Daddy must love. Not just loving like to any other relationship, but this love must be unconditional, and must be complete in its conception and its application. He must be able to love a baby girl through all of her many modes, and her many adventures.
When she is a cute cuddly affectionate baby girl , and she looks up at you with those eyes and says I love you Daddy , that is the whole reason we Daddy’s truly exist, to show her daily no matter what happens, no matter what is said or done, We love them through it all. This is the easiest time to love her as a baby girl.
When she is sulking or pouting, and not understanding why her Daddy said or did something, or didn’t find something of value the same way she did, those times can be a harder time to love her through it. So again we see the core of the relationship and the greatest motivator is not only her love to you as a Daddy but your consistent love to her.
Second, a Daddy must be kind, even thought at times it requires us to be firm and strict, standing to our word, there is a way to do so with proper motivation and being genuinely kind , in how we conduct ourselves. Weather that is in public, private or in an emergency situation (that may be a emergency to her) no matter how we as Daddy’s see it.
We must be kind to everything she finds of great value or importance, for to accept her is to accept everything in her world, and at times even if something doesn’t set with us well, we have to be kind and accept these things as part of her. You cannot put on a façade in front of her your kindness must come from deep within and be very genuine, for it is tested daily , if not at times every few minutes.
Next, a Daddy must be caring, even as we help baby girl through a very rough and trying world, we must be genuine in our caring, of so many things. Her welfare, her surrounding, the insignificant things she finds important, and the experiences her day brings her.
We must care for her complete happiness, her every single need, want and desire. We have to care for her completely as we would care for a small child that has no ability to protect or provide for itself. For if she could handle her needs alone there would be no reason for Daddy’s to exist.
We must care for her friends and her family as it is our own. We must be able to show her when we discipline or punish that we do so because we care and be able to show her no matter how upset we become that because we care we are who we are as a Daddy, Yes tough love can still be accomplished with loving, kind, caring ways.
Next as a Daddy we must be compassionate, we must make things important to her important to us, and we must feel her emotions and her results of things that influence her. We must be able to feel her sorrow, her joy, her excitement, when we want to be strict and firm and get a point across to her, sometimes we have to use compassion to be certain we are understanding what this particular experience made her believe and feel.
When her world comes crashing in on her as a Daddy it is our responsibility to for see her emotions and reactions, and plan things accordingly. We must be able to cry with her laugh with her, openly express to her we fully understand what she is going through, and take her by the hand and lead her through all the scary times life brings her.
A Daddy must be strong, not just physically, but mentally, and spiritually, a rock cannot be fragile for how can a relationship be based on something that isn’t consistent and waivers. Daddies need physical strength, to pick her up and hold her when it’s needed. They must be able to physically maintain the baby girls pace; as you know young minded people are normally full of energy from their dreams goals and desires.
A Daddy must be mentally strong to handle all the emotional changes of the day, to ward off the monsters of the baby girls life, and to show her consistency in times of trials. He must be able to lead by example, and think clearly at times others would find it impossible to think through situations.
A Daddy must be spiritually strong; to complete the bonds with her, to kiss her boo boo’s and convince her everything will be just fine. He must be a leader to her in the strength of a giant , the wisdom of a Daddy, and the heart of her favorite teddy bear, He must be strong but not overpowering, He has to allow things to happen so he can show strengths in even the worst of times.
A Daddy must be intelligent and have a certain degree of wisdom. Not knowing it all by far, for everyday he should be learning more about himself and his baby girl to be the best Daddy possible for her. He must be intelligent to handle everything possible that life can throw at not just his baby girl but also to himself.
He must be intelligent in His structure He sits before her, to keep things fresh and exciting without letting boredom or ruts become daily events. He must be able to decide at every instant in life what is the best course of action to take if any. What to do for his baby girl that will benefit her best.
He must be willing to pay the price of being a Daddy, and to at just the right time offer council and wisdom, then be loving enough to let her choose her path , weather she heeds his advice or not, and regardless the outcome be intelligent enough to help her handle and learn from the repercussions.
A Daddy must be the most understanding He has ever been in his life, to be able to function even in basic ways for her. He must be able to understand her better than him own self, from her loves and craves to her fears and insecurities. He must be able to understand what she consist of deep inside, what motivates her and what will cause her to withdraw into her shell.
He must be able to understand the significance of items and events in her life, instead of labeling her past as baggage be able to understand all her experiences have made her the baby girl she is. And then have the knowledge to help mold her into what she needs to become.
He must be able to understand her reasoning for all she does and says. He must listen to her not just to let her vent but really understand what, when, why, is this event causing what reactions in her, as she walks though life.
A Daddy must be fair meaning He must be nonjudgmental; he cannot pick sides without having the full information of each event or experience that she stumbles upon. He must not have the mindset of prejudging his baby girl, He should always be optimistic and through his love and trust be open minded and give her the benefit of the doubt.
He must be nonjudgmental of her family and friends, and allow her to choose and select those around her that she feels will be most beneficial not a selected field of influence based on her Daddies capacity to trust.
He must be fair in his punishment, in His structure, in his guidelines and expectations, He cannot judge her on events of his past or based on a prior relationship. He must not judge her for pushing the limits and testing him to see what she can get away with. Instead he must use a nonjudgmental thought process to understand why she does what she does.
A Daddy must become her Teacher and Mentor, to feed her daily to grow into the woman she is to become. He must have attributes of a Man willing to go to any extreme for her true completion. He must be able to use all His attributes to effectively lead and teach her , He cannot just jump into this mode when He feels it is time but he must stay in this ability at all times, helping her learn from everything she experiences in life.
He must be willing to let her explore and let her experience things to help her set her own guidelines base don their communication , and develop mutual goals that are beneficial to each party. No matter how testing or hard this is on himself He must allow Himself to seek the teaching of others and the guidance of others to be the best he can be for his baby girl.
A Daddy has to find a balance of the relationship and be able to know He doesn’t need to order her around , for out of her love for him she will please him for it breaks her heart to know she has disappointed her Daddy.
He has to willing at times to let her have her independence , and when she makes the wrong choices or decisions be the most stable person in her life, to take her hand and help her overcome. He must be willing to be her partner and team mate against a very harsh and cruel world. Not condescending and saying I told you so , that is a emotional killer.
He must be willing to at times no matter how hard learn to be silent and let her venture out of His comfort zone, with the understanding it will not only help her grow, but also Himself. He must again be able to give total love and trust to allow her certain since of equality, even though out of love and respect He never looses his position as her everything and the precious title she gives Him of Daddy.
A Daddy must be her confidence when she hasn’t any , he must be able to calm and soothe her in many areas, he must be able to use His gentleness to make her feel safe and secure and loved . He must be able to convince her daily He solely exist to be everything she needs.
He is a builder of her not a destructive force that negates her every feeling and action. She should never fear her daddy but let him take her fears away and make them insignificant.
He should make her feel safe.... secure.... wanted.... loved.... cherished.... adored....she should become his little princess. He should be non selfish and willing to sing her to sleep , or read her a bed time story, whatever he must do for her to complete her He has to be willing.
A Daddy must be openly communicative, flexible, patient, so many more perhaps for another writing we will explore deeper. I think as a final note there are faces and phases as a Daddy we must show all this and more through. We must love her a s a baby girl, as a lady, as a naughty brat, as a fun loving kid, as a sexual beautiful creature.
Notice this writing didn’t even touch the area of the affection or intimacy in this relationship for the core of the Daddy greatly effects the bond of the relationship, and it leads to her comfort in both of the other areas. If he isn’t consistent in his core and able to love unconditionally, be kind, gentle, strong, intelligent, patient, fair, compassionate, and understanding , just to name a few traits, the affection and intimacy will be pointless.
So let me lastly leave a word of encouragement if you ever thought you wanted to be the best Daddy in the world for her and wanted her to see you with all the love and respect you feel you deserve, apply yourself to be her Daddy consistently there is no greater reward again then to hear from her mouth daily Daddy your Baby girl loves you.
DaddyRaveHeart © 2005