It's less important for a daughter to know her father than it is for a son. That is not true.

Research suggests that fathers are enormously important to a young woman's development and when the father is missing, for whatever the reason, women suffer in their relationships with men.

All too often women are not even aware that not having a loving relationship with their own father is affecting them in any way. You're smart, you get good grades in school, you're an achiever, you're well-behaved, you're a nice girl. You have a nice family