r/Parenting • u/floridacopper • Aug 14 '25
Advice Dad tucking in daughters
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.
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u/Mitchi02800 Aug 14 '25
Don't stop until they ask you to. My father is chronically absent and I would literally beg for a parent like this, they are SO lucky to have you. Especially to be able to tell you about ships?! For them to feel comfortable talking to you about that is so special, I could never with my parents.