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19 year old daughter has no interest in a relationship with her father
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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 629142" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>Hi</p><p>Firstly I would say that your daughter is acting like a lot of people at that age, whatever their family circumstances. She's an adult now and is in college and starting out on her independent adult life. You don't say much about yourself, are you married? in a relationship? do you have other children? As your daughter is an adult I don't think you should consider her when deciding what to do about your career. It's not really relevant. My children are mostly grown up and live all over the place. I don't really see what location has to do with relationships with adult children.</p><p>I think you have done as much as you could over the years as a non-resident parent and you have been there for her throughout most of her childhood. I am a step-mother and my husband is a step-father. We both have our own children and they have step-siblings, step-parents and half-siblings of their own. It's a bit of a mess but it works fine for us. You have to be relaxed about it all. There can be lots of problems and issues in step-families and, reading through your post, it sounds like you've done a really good job overall throughout what can be difficult years when, if truth be told, a lot of absent parents can lose touch.</p><p>I think you should be grateful for all the positives and happy that you and your daughter have had a close relationship and still have a relationship that is now naturally changing as she grows up. You need to accept this and move on with your life and continue to be her father of course, but be the father of an independent adult and be glad.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 629142, member: 17650"] Hi Firstly I would say that your daughter is acting like a lot of people at that age, whatever their family circumstances. She's an adult now and is in college and starting out on her independent adult life. You don't say much about yourself, are you married? in a relationship? do you have other children? As your daughter is an adult I don't think you should consider her when deciding what to do about your career. It's not really relevant. My children are mostly grown up and live all over the place. I don't really see what location has to do with relationships with adult children. I think you have done as much as you could over the years as a non-resident parent and you have been there for her throughout most of her childhood. I am a step-mother and my husband is a step-father. We both have our own children and they have step-siblings, step-parents and half-siblings of their own. It's a bit of a mess but it works fine for us. You have to be relaxed about it all. There can be lots of problems and issues in step-families and, reading through your post, it sounds like you've done a really good job overall throughout what can be difficult years when, if truth be told, a lot of absent parents can lose touch. I think you should be grateful for all the positives and happy that you and your daughter have had a close relationship and still have a relationship that is now naturally changing as she grows up. You need to accept this and move on with your life and continue to be her father of course, but be the father of an independent adult and be glad. [/QUOTE]
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