Fathers: How do you feel about your daughter having guy friends?

For example, if your daughter gets random texts from a guy or talks to him? (about appropriate topics such as school)





Would you be weary or cautious about that? Do you discourage her from being friends with guys?





Why or why not?Fathers: How do you feel about your daughter having guy friends?
I'm not a father either, but I do understand the dynamics of a father-daughter relationship.





I believe you should give her advice on what makes a good man, what a true good-relationship is, and what to do if she finds herself in an abusive one.





The main problem here is that you're thinking about using an avoidance method. Not wanting to deal with the potential problems to come, you try to prevent it all together by banning boys period.





However this doesn't work, this will lead to a path of confusion and possible abuse. Just keep your relationship with her open, don't fight against her, be supportive and give her good advice, so she'll actually listen to you when you have to tell her she's in a bad direction.Fathers: How do you feel about your daughter having guy friends?
i know im not a father... or a mother at that fact, but i strongly believe that parents should not control their kids, they should simply guide them and advice them to whats right or wrong. when their younger they should be disciplined of course but as they get to teens they should be able to make their own decisions with your guidance, not being told what to do. this will make them more independent and have a better relationship with your parents. my mums like that she wont force me to not talk to someone, or say im not allowed boyfriends. but she talks to me alot about different situations shes been in which has taught me things to be weary of. and me and my mum have a really good relationship, and i know that i would do as she wanted just to respect her even though i could go against her wishes. anyway the moral of these ramblings is that the parent should not discourage any friendships at all, the child would end up resenting you for it and will try to rebel.
Ok, I'm not a father (so sorry) but my dad happens to be very overbearing and suspicious. He tells me to NEVER talk to boys; if I do, it must be urgent. So my dad would get super-paranoid if I happened to have a call/text from a boy, no matter how harmless it may be, and will question me for hours. O_O
it depends on how old she is


if shes just a kid watch out if she 17 or so it may be ok as long as its monitored.