be a father, not a friend...( and somehow, you end up as best of friends.. don't ask me to explain, but it does end up that way)
keep involved at all times.. and listen..ears open.. even if it is shovel fed drivel.. you learn how to sort thru it pretty quickly.
keep after the school work, and also make sure at the appropriate age, she gets a job, or at the very least a summer job....
the teaching to drive thing....
... you will both survive it...
My daughter is turning 19...so it has been 3 years or so... and the doc says most of my nervous tics;09^8)7#6/6m oops.. have gone away...
boyfriends... hmm... thankfully mine has one I can stand...
but... I found this out just recently, my daughter shared this with me... the word was that my daughters Dad was a scary sketchy acting SOB... LOL.. so I think that helped immensely, this was in her middle school and early high school daze...
Oh...and take her and cheryl to the mall too....