We see here the impact that a father or the lack-there-of plays on a young girl.

How losing a father affects a daughter. Research tells us that father loss is linked to a broad range of negative outcomes for children including lower rates of high school and college graduation a higher risk of delinquency early sexual activity teen pregnancy and poor mental physical and emotional health. Daughters up to 2 years of age have a difficult time understanding that their father is gone. When a daughters father dies she loses a major figure in her life.

If a father is absent or erratic in his behavior this sets his daughter up for feelings of low self-esteem and trouble with trusting men in general. Studies show that losing a parent can lead to increased risks for long-term emotional and mental health issues such as depression anxiety and substance abuse. Children who have been abandoned by their father are more likely to express a fear of abandonment in other facets of their lives as they grow.

Because of the risks from complicated bereavement negative effects on attachment including the ability to form and maintain healthy relationships and disruption of the family system the death. Without the fathers presence the female grows unable to bond with the opposite sex making it difficult for her to develop positive intimate relationships. Statistics show that not having a father has a negative impact on every aspect of a childs life from depression to academic prospects.

You see I have a 27 year old daughter 25 year old son and a 9 year old daughter. It becomes worse when you have to face the death of the person who is closest to your heart. Nothing can be as devastating as losing a father the guide of your life.

All parents should therefore appreciate the importance of understanding the fathers role in his daughters life as his presence or absence will play a role in her self-image and wellbeing for decades to come. A person has to die if he is born and that is the sad reality of our lives. This isnt to say men arent significantly affected by a parents death but they may take a longer time to process their feelings and ultimately be slower to move on.

A father is able to give a daughter an inside view of the opposite sex giving her the ability to forge an understanding of males. 8865 adults in the National Survey of Families and Households 19871993 reveal that a fathers death leads to more negative effects for sons than daughters and a mothers death leads to more negative effects for daughters than sons. Someone once very close to her is now gone forever.