One of the rules of training a girl-child is to not be too over-protective, especially during their early to late teens. Being overprotective during these stages will mess the child up. So, overprotective in the sense of you must not go out after 7pm, don't let them get into fights with other girls, put a tough limit on their interactions with boys etc. Protective is good, overprotective is not. It leads to emotional complications for them later, which leads to psychological problems. There are too many case studies of this.

And as a guy in the dating market, if you see this sign. A girl is usually scared of going out anytime from 7, or is scared of being left alone in the house, or usually scared generally of little things or believes that some people are after her or her family, it'll be better you let her find herself on her own terms. Most likely down the line, she'll be scared of you leaving her. This can cause extreme jealousy, which can be dangerous for you down the line. These are signs of lingering childhood issues that you cannot solve for her. And there is usually a psychotherapy need there. You might need to move on or just help them work through it, knowing that this may take a lifetime of "working through it". Just make sure your kids are safe from emotional manipulation.

The critical way to help a child develop into their fully confident self and help them develop a full-matured brain is to appreciate or make them feel good for small accomplishments. This is crucial when they are in formative years, 0-7 and pre-teen 7-13

Lemme park here first

The irony is I was expecting a guy to be the first to comment.

You are a wise man

Observing silently

In a nutshell,as a dad,be the best friend of your daughter.Not her personal bouncer.

HUSTLER001:
In a nutshell,as a dad,be the best friend of your daughter.Not her personal bouncer.

As in, nah you get am pass. 10/10

HUSTLER001:
In a nutshell,as a dad,be the best friend of your daughter.Not her personal bouncer.

Gbam! Girl-children are too delicate emotionally especially in their teens

So will you be okay with your 15 years old child being out of the house after 7pm and doing only God knows what?

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When you do a good job as a parent, a 13 year old child knows right from left. I've seen children that have no parents grow up to be responsible adults and children with very strict parents grow up to be wrecks. There are too many case studies.

Zedoo:
Came here expecting an in-depth analysis...now I’m just looking like who in the world wants any woman they love to be out and about in the night?
Have your own daughter make we see if you go sleep well when she dey outside by 11pm with the evil of the day.
What you called daddy issues have nothing to do with daddy issues it’s called staying safe in a dangerous society even you as a man shouldn’t be roaming without adequate measures in the night.

There are only a handful of dangerous states in Nigeria rn. What they call narcissism starts from this controlling attitude. You absolutely should not try to control the movement of the girl you're dating (and I can guess from your profile you're not In a relationship rn or you have a degree of shyness in approaching women. But if you enter into one, being controlling will cause you lots of avoidable fights). Letting people know what the consequences of something is, and how it would make you feel about them is enough to compel wise choices (at least with someone who isn't already messed up)...