«No child should receive too little affection and love»
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The narrator grew up rather emotionless. He wants to change that with his daughters. Together with them, he tries to find out what their path could be.
«I tell my daughter that you can always set yourself new goals and that there are many paths that lead to happiness,» says the father. He and his wife also try to boost their daughters' self-confidence by constantly telling them how much they like them.
"I have a good relationship with my parents, but we are rather distant with each other. By today's standards, I grew up rather emotionally deprived and communication was also neglected. Love and affection were not openly practised or verbally expressed.
I definitely want to do things differently for my children. Self-confidence and being strong are particularly desirable qualities. My younger daughter is much more self-confident than my older one. The older one is very similar to me. She is shy, reserved and introverted.
I tell my daughter that you can always set yourself new goals and that there are many paths that lead to happiness.
She is in the middle range at school, which often stresses her out now that she is about to transfer. She wants to go to grammar school with her friends, but that's not possible because of her grades. So I try to tell her that not all children are blessed with the same IQ, but that you can always set yourself new goals and that there are many paths that lead to happiness. And that she can still go to grammar school in two years' time if she wants to. It's never too late for anything!
I try to work with her to find out what her path could be. My wife and I try to boost her self-confidence by constantly telling her how much we like her, what a great person she is and that she has so many skills that she'll be fine."
