Big Brother As Father Figure

Sounds tough but being young doesn't mean not being wise. I learned some of the most important lessons from people my age. I never really had a father figure growing up since my stepfather never was able to see my brother and me the same way he saw his biological children. We both grew up just fine though. I'm sure you'll work if out just the same.

Men and women aren't as different as some people make them out to be. With a few gender related issues being exceptions young people go through the same problems. :)

@differentdrum I'm native American and in my culture our brothers and sisters children are like our own (too complicated to explain so I won't get into much details, I'll just give the gist of things) and I've been helping look after my nieces and nephews since I was 12 yrs old and been teaching them right from wrong. I cook for them, wash their clothes, tell them stories, and other thing parents do, and recently my eldest niece just had a baby so in some sense I'm like a grandfather (I'm only 27 yrs old)I ask myself how did time fly by so fast and where did it go, just yester day it seemed that she wanted to have a princess tea party. so I know how you feel, when you say you see her as daughter

Just be as good of a role model to her as you can. I'm raising my younger brother by myself ( He's 16 ) because my father committed suicide and my mom was unfortunately a nasty fucking prostitute who shot me out of her womb and went on to do meth until it killed her. My younger brother is the closest person in the family to me, besides my grandfather, whose wonderful and accepting and open-minded.

I've had my father growing up to teach me morals, Values and to drill all my ethics in my brain. Although i had a few people i looked up to as father figures, My best-friends dad was one... knew him since i was a little-guy; Sadly he passed away last year, I remember thanking him for being that Supporting role in my life as i looked down at his lifeless body in the hospital. "You're a Good kid, You'll Make it". I wish he knew how much relevance those words had to me.