Every girl longs for their dad to be proud of them. For their dad to affirm, accept and appreciate them for every achievement great and small, or even just for who they are. They want to be accepted without being compared with any other, because they have strived to be perfect in their dad's eyes. In their dad's eyes they should be no one smarter, no one as beautiful and no one as perfect as his own precious daughter.  Heaven forbid when there is no such thing as this fatherly love and pride in the most crucial of times.