A few months ago, I was on Facebook setting up the DODO Dads group and looking around to see if any similar groups existed.
There were a few groups dedicated to helping fathers to be good dads.
But, what I saw broke my heart and convinced me more than ever that dads need help to become the best girl dads they can be.
Here are the names of some of the Facebook groups I discovered:
- Daughters of Toxic Fathers has 34 followers.
- There are 933 members of the daughters of Absent and Abusive Fathers group.
- Along those same lines, the Fatherless Daughters of America group has 1,500 followers. I wonder if they ever got to know their dads before they died?
- There is a group devoted to the Daughters of Narcissistic Fathers which has 3,100 followers.
My heart just breaks for all those women who grew up without the benefit of a loving and protective father. In a way, it seems like those women are still looking for the validation their dads should have provided.
Missing a dad she never knew
A few years ago, I watched a video of a gal in her late teens who was sobbing as she lamented the death of her father because she never got to know him, nor did he ever express an interest in getting to know her.
It just made me want to give her the hug she longed for deep inside.
The largest group I found is also one of the saddest. The Daughters Grieving The Loss of Their Fathers group has 42,000 followers.
That convinced me that there were a bunch of fathers so devoted to their daughters in such loving ways that tens of thousands of these now adult women connect online to remember and talk about the positive impact their dads had on their lives.
I pray that more men are touched by the realization that their daughters are such a blessing that they desire to love and serve their princesses every day of their lives.
After all, is there ever a time when daughters don’t need their dads?
If you are a dad of daughters, I invite you to join the DODO Dads Facebook group. We need more support than we care to admit — and our daughters need us to remain strong for them.
You can find us at www.facebook.com/groups/dododads.
