
I am a parent of two girls, 25 and 30. I have watched them at their best and at their worst. I have had my share of

with them in their lives. We all know that at Dani's, (young but immature), attacks on Dick, happens to every parent some time or another.
I do have my moments when I whine, even now, especially to my parents because they are the ones who can take it.
How true is this, parents take a whole lot from their children, but who is there when they fall, we are.
It is soooo hard when you feel there is nothing you can do to help them. It just knots up your belly when they think you are just the dumbest person on earth, but we will love them still no matter what.
Daniele seems to be able to bring down any mood in the house, regardless of what is said. She will take the most innocuous comment and turn it inward. Dick on the other hand, goes overboard in hovering around her....almost smothering her, as if she is 10 years old and needs to be tended to. He missed that....too late! She's an adult (although she doesn't act it most of the time) and Dick needs to accept that.
This is also true of young immature girls. They think the world is against them. It may look like Dick is smothering her to some, but I have been there, and all you want to do is make everything a little better for them. I am not saying that it is right, just that it is hard to watch your child, when you think they are hurting in some way, and not try to comfort them.
A parent does not see that their child is an adult that easily. In my eyes, when I see my girls, all grown up, I still see them as little girls and probably always will.
Dick is a harsh, outspoken, individual, but I really think he would do anything for his children, just like most of us would. I hope that if Dani does not go to family counseling with Dick, that at least Dick finds someone to talk to, to tell him he is not the only parent that feels that their children loathe them from time to time, and that there is not much you can do about it but let it go and go on loving them regardless. She will always be Daddy's Little Girl in his eyes.