His  
love for his little girl goes without saying.  He loves her as much for  
who she is as for who she will become with his guidance.  She is his  
prized possession. His eyes light up when she walks into the room and  
he takes great pride in her successes. After all, he helped to create  
her. She holds the most tender part of his heart and has the greatest  
power to hurt him. 

This love  
would not be possible without respect. A Daddy Dom needs to feel pride  
in his little girl. He needs to know she can hold her own in the  
outside world and still submit to him. He holds the greatest respect  
for the gift she has given him and takes great pains to increase it’s  
value. It is extremely important to him to know she can be with any man  
and she chooses to be with him. 

He  
knows that this makes discipline a priority in their lives, more  
important than in some other D/s relationships. In order for the little  
girl to really trust, she must know he means what he says.  If his  
little girl is going to be the best she can possibly be he must stand  
firm. He uses his experience in life and his knowledge of her to  
provide proper direction and punishment when the need arises. 
If  
he does not enforce discipline, this respect becomes a tenuous thing.  
If his submissive finds that she can manipulate him out of punishing  
her, she begins to lose respect and the ability to empower becomes  
impeded. He understands that it becomes increasingly difficult to be  
possessed by someone you do not respect. 

This  
takes great strength on his part. It takes strength to control her, and  
to shape her to his needs and desires. It takes strength to be her  
confidant, her shoulder, her anchor. It takes strength to let her out  
into the world when all he wants to do is hold her safe in his arms.  
And it takes strength to do what is necessary when she needs to be  
disciplined. 

A Daddy Dom  
provides something else that is very important to his  
submissive...acceptance. She is safe in his arms because he knows her,  
everything about her, and he still loves her. When she goes to him she  
knows that this man knows all of her dirty little secrets and it  
doesn’t matter. To him she is beautiful. 

Daddy  
Dom and sadistic Dom are by no means mutually exclusive.  Many Daddy  
Doms embrace their sadism while understanding and feeding their  
submissive's masochism.  This balance is necessary to many little girls  
because it allows all parts of her to be nourished, leading to an  
incredibly fulfilling relationship. 

I  
think most Dominants have a bit of the Daddy in them, taking on the  
role of male authority figure in the submissive’s life and using their  
power to enrich that life. Daddy/little girl verbalizes that feeling,  
and adds a dimension of warmth, caring, and ritual that it’s  
participants crave. 

There is something infinitely magical about a Daddy Dom. Perhaps it is something only a little girl can understand."  
                         
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