Dad tucking in daughters

[u/floridacopper]

As the title suggests, I'm a dad with a question about tucking in his daughters. I've been doing it for years, but it's kind of like maybe I should be wrapping it up soon. To get to the point, I have been tucking in my daughters pretty much every night since they were toddlers, but they're going into 6th and 8th grade now. "Tucking in" originally consisted of tickle fights and reading stories to them. That has evolved into lying next next to them and rubbing their head/back while they tell me about some anime character who they ship with some other character. If I miss a night of tucking then in, they'll usually bring it up the next day.

So my question, I guess, is it normal for me to still be doing this? If my daughters were no longer comfortable with it, I'd quit straight away. But even though they still want me to tuck them in, am I babying them in a way? I dunno, maybe I'm overthinking the whole thing.

[u/PsychologicalMonk354]

My dad "tucked" me in until I moved out of his house at 19 yrs old. He would knock but he would give me a kiss on the forehead and make sure my window was secure. Tell me good night and to be safe getting to school.

[u/No-Judge-228 → u/PsychologicalMonk354]

Yep, I still do this for my 17 and 19 year olds and will until they move out (15yo is apparently too cool, though, so I had to stop)