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It’s my joy and honor to equip dads with practical tools to better dial into their daughters’ hearts.

With 25 years of experience as a licensed professional counselor and over 35 years working directly with teens and young adult women. Dr. Michelle Watson brings practical wisdom to dads with daughters of all ages.

Let's Talk Book

Let’s Talk: Conversation Starters For Dads AND Daughters

Are You Ready for a Game-Changing Dad-Daughter Book?

Hey Dads…

My heart motivation behind this book is YOU. And now the best way you can support me is to order your copy today…and share this with your friends!

Because I’ve been listening to you as fathers of daughters for the last decade, here’s basically what you’ve told me:

“We want a book that tells us what to do and how to do it so we don’t screw up. It needs to get to the point so we can get it right when it comes to connecting with our daughters.”

You asked. I listened. 

As we all know, it can be a daunting task for dads and daughters to talk about the hard stuff, the deep stuff, the vulnerable stuff, and the complex stuff.  And a lot of dads have told me they prefer to leave some of those heavier topics to mom.

But trust me when I say that your daughter needs YOU to initiate conversations with her---about anything and everything. And even if those interactions are awkward at first, if you stay with it, you’ll see the positive impacts to her…and yourself!

Here’s the bottom line:

When a daughter opens her mouth, her heart opens.

And when a daughter’s heart is open, her dad’s heart automatically opens.

The most effective starting point for building a stronger dad-daughter bond is through TALKING. That’s why I wrote this book

Divided into three parts, this book begins by laying the groundwork for dads to prepare themselves to pursue their daughter’s heart, followed with interactive conversation-starters and activities to strengthen the father-daughter bond, concluding with questions for daughters to ask their dads. Filled with real-life stories, statistics, trusted advice, and hundreds of scripted questions organized by themes, Let’s Talk covers a large array of topics such as personality, future dreams, spirituality, sexuality, body image, depression, anxiety, and suicide. 

My goal with Let’s Talk is to help you as dads close the communication gap with your daughters by showing you how to listen and build trust with insights and scripted questions that equip you to move from fun get-to-know-you chats to deep discussions that dive into your daughters’ struggles, hurts, fears, and hopes in 5 concrete ways:

  1. LAUGH. This is a great starting point where you’ll share laughter so she can enhance her own self-discovery while opening up about light-hearted topics.

  2. LOVE. By learning to love herself first, out of that overflow she can pour her beautiful affection and real love positively into the world.

  3. LOOK. Here she will begin to go deeper by engaging in self-examination regarding her relationships with herself, others, and God/Higher Power. 

  4. LAMENT. Your goal here, dad, is to get close enough to hear her heart cries and true longings while making amends for any hurts you’ve caused her. 

  5. LISTEN. Now it’s time to flip the script where she will ask you questions about your life while learning to take an interest in your story and expand her skill set as an active listener. 


Your daughter didn’t come with a playbook, but I’m going to help you write one. By following this practical, action-oriented book, as you will increase your confidence and competence as your focus becomes sharper in knowing how to be the best dialed-in dad you can be to your daughter. 

For a downloadable pdf of the table of contents of “Let’s Talk,” click here.


¡Tenemos grandes noticias!

“Let's Talk: Starting Conversations for Fathers and Daughters” is now available in SPANISH!

”Hablemos: Iniciando Conversaciones para padres e hija,” ¡ya está disponible en
Español!
Papás, esto significa que ahora tienen todo lo que se necesita para entablar
conversaciones y hacerles preguntas a sus hijas mientras crean un vínculo más fuerte con ellas.

¡Ya puedes ordenar
tu copia!


real talk:

Here are 4 sets of interactive dad-daughter conversation starters you can try right now with your daughter!

 

Real people: dad-daughter convos

The script in Let’s Talk: Conversation Starters for Dads and Daughters is full of questions for both dads and daughters, and they are powerful with dads whose daughters are all ages! Click on the videos below to see examples of these conversations:

Dad: What are your favorite holiday traditions? Who’s your best friend right now?

Daughter: When you were a kid what was one of the most stupid things you did?

Dad: Do you ever think about your wedding day and what have you planned?

Dad: What are your three biggest fears?

Daughter: When you were my age what was one of your spiritual role models, and how about now?

Dad: What’s one thing I wear you wish I would just get rid of?

Daughter: What was the best thing about your family as a kid?

Daughter: Were there any spiritual practices around my age that you now see as negative or harmful?

Dad: Do you remember any words that I’ve spoken to you that have stuck with you?

Daughter: What is something you accomplished around my age that made you feel proud?

Dad: What do you think your greatest strength is?

Dad: What about me makes you laugh?

Daughter: What was the best thing about your family as you think back on it?

Daughter: What is something you accomplished when you were around my age that made you feel proud?

Dad: What do you see as your three greatest strengths and gifts?

Dad: What about me makes you laugh?

Daughter: What is one of your happiest childhood memories

Dad: Do I do anything that shuts you down or makes you less confident to share your feelings with me?

Daughter: What is something that you had to learn the hard way?