Rider

Your W may have gone deeper into the abyss than most in MLC. I won't begin to consider the pain, we have all had to learn to live through our own, and so will the MLCers ... some day.

You are the great dad and gentleman that others indicate. You are also meeting a need that all yound girls need, the unconditional love and adoration of their dad. When they date and ask themselves what kind of guy they think they could spend their life with, they will think of you. You are the measure of love that they will hold men to. You have raised they bar well above the water mark set by so many dads.

You are making it tough for the dates dude. And you are also greatly reducing the risk that one of them will jump on their MLC train one day. Remembering the role that low self esteem plays in MLC later in life, pay close attention to that now. I know you are covering your bases well, but adolescence is a time of self doubt and you should find ways of testing their self perception.

Not saying send them to C, but not saying don't. Just saying how important it is and how little most dads understand this or address it.