Sounds to me like you are allowing your daughter to grow up happy and secure in herself. Sometimes as parents we freak out over the littlest thing when we really just need to remember that kids need to be allowed to just be kids. There are so many pressures put upon adults that I feel kids need the time to explore their world without outside pressure. My dad was the same way in that he did not believe girls should be allowed to mow the grass or help with outside chores. If I wanted to go to the high school football game my dad had to go with me. Looking back I can see my parents were very strict on me because I was a girl. I grew up literally believing I was weak and as I got older I believed I needed a man to take care of all the “manly”
