“We’re not perfect, but there is hope from going from not wanting to talk at all to, now, my parents are my best friends.”
When fathers are attentive to their children, they build relationships that encourage healthy child development.
As Jessie had previously attended Focus on the Family Malaysia’s (FOFM) Mother & Daughter Connection event and found it helpful, we thought that I too could attend the Father & Daughter Banquet with my daughters.
Six years ago, I would have laughed at the notion that my family could ever be a source of encouragement. The cracks in my family were deep and seemingly irreparable. I was practically estranged from my parents and my only brother, Nicholas, who is four years older.
Question: I feel like my daughter’s slipping away. I want to be a great dad but I don’t know how to connect with her now that she has reached the…