Dad writes a letter to his daughters' potential suitors, and it's perfection
We always see dads 'fighting' off their daughters' boyfriends or husbands.
It's the thing to-do, they're 'daddy's little girls' and dads always feels they have a duty of protection.
Protection is a given – every parent wants to protect their child. But is it a thing that sometimes it's taken too far?
J. Warren Welch knows the drill all too well, raising five daughters in his blended family, he has heard all the jokes and been tagged in all the memes, but he doesn't find any of them particularly funny.
You see, Warren has always been a feminist, even before his daughters came into his life, but when they did, it changed his perception of the word, whereby he now has even more respect for women.
"I want my daughters to feel empowered to be who they are, and if that means the mission field, or being a housewife with too many kids, or whatever fulfils them, that is the life I want for them."
"Happiness doesn't look the same for all of us, not for women or men, and all I want is for them to be happy."
Warren claims he's not raising princesses, and if his daughters have a problem, chances are they will be well equipped to deal with the situation themselves.
The dad believes that as their boyfriend or partner, you shouldn't be asking him, the dad, what the rules are, because you need to ask the girls.
"I'm not raising my little girls to be the kind of women who need their daddy to act like a creepy possessive bada** in order for them to be treated with respect."
"You will respect them, and if you don't, I promise they won't need my help putting you back in your place."
The post is garnering plenty of attention, but the message which this dad is trying to display is that women should be treated with respect regardless.
They shouldn't need to have a man lingering in the background just in case, as their boyfriend or partner, you should be able to respect women for who they are.
Speaking to Today, Warren revealed: "I understand the urge to protect your daughters, I get that."
"But the kind of posturing by fathers of daughters I was specifically responding to had nothing to do with that 'protective instinct' and everything to do with asserting their dominance over women and reinforcing a belief that women need men to take care of them," added the dad-of-five.
What do you think mums; do you think it's cute and protective, or are you with Warren – it shouldn't be the case that women need men to care for them?