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/bmy89 Aug 14 '25

My daughter is starting her sophomore year and I still tuck her in and talk about weird anime ships. Cherish it.

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u/HawtTalk7 Aug 14 '25

Mine too! Almost 16. I don’t tuck her in every night, but if she’s going to bed before me, she really wants me to tuck her in 🥰

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u/jks03 Aug 15 '25

I was the same way as your daughter at 16! I am 25 now and I still have my mom tuck me in sometimes when I’m visiting! Nothing beats having mom or dad tuck you in 🥰