Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I kinda always thought it was creepy to get positive reinforcement from someone that I never met. My kid always had her daddy's ear, I always had time for her. When she had to build a model of a dragon fly in 1st grade, I helped her build one with a 6foot wing span. She had a pony and rode in local parades, we were always doing things together.
I miss going to the shooting range with her, she was deadly with her M1 Carbine.
When a kid knows that they are unconditionally loved like that, they don't need positive reinforcement from any place else.

I still hear from her almost every day, either phone, skype , text or facebook.