Daddy and daughter date nights?

Date is a more generic word in the USA as has been mentioned already.

This. And it has been used in this general sense a long time before all that purity nonsense started (which is, by the way, not mainstream at all in the US.)

Date is a more generic word in the USA as has been mentioned already. There is also more of a tradition of father/daughter dances as has also been mentioned.
We have one to one time with our DC, we take it in turns. This is focused one to one activity for a day. They have their own name and are planned occasions. The DC look forward to these, they happen roughly once a quarter. They are very different in feel to family time or casual together time.
I don't see the problem with being intentional in your relationships sometimes.

Well there you go. If you find the term puppy date or play date your always gonna have a problem with and kind of date.

Just scroll past it in future

It's just the way it's worded really, I highly doubt any man spend time with his daughter sees it as a date (at least I really hope not). I don't see why it should be seen as such a big thing and have a name for it. Surly you should spend time and bond with your kids on a daily basis? But anyway people use the term " play date" without thinking twice about it, think people are over thinking this

The term "dating" and "date" is too firmly fixed in my mind with the traditional "boy takes girl out at start of relationship" meaning suppose have watched too many American films growing up as we all have so thats ingrained.

Never even heard of "puppy date" is that a thing?

ilike

So do you don’t like the term
Puppy date
Play date?

Looking for links but can’t see them..

The links speak of controlling a daughter ?

Have you read the links about what these dates involve and the links with chastity etc?

It's the controlling a daughter that disturbs me - not what it's called

Very weird makes me cringe

But I don’t see what’s wrong with that either theanti my grandfather used to take me for a meal (when he had won on the horses) and would spoil me rotten. Which if I was that age know - with social media I’d have probably took a load of pictures titles DGF and DGD date . He treated me like a queen (which he always did any way) but it’s nice to have specific fond memories. There really was no sexual undertone and I think it’s really sad that some people imply that there is.

No paul I don’t think they would. Plenty of times dh has taken dd out with our friends dd and they had a double father and daughter date

They went to the theatre and had a blast. It really is what you want to read in to it.

Dancing - the daddy daughter dates being discussed here are not just a dad going out with his daughter - it's about the dad taking the daughter on a date to show her how she should be treated

I'm assuming that's not what your Dh is doing

Play date
Puppy date

It’s just an over used word that’s lost it’s relevance.

So when I take my five year old dd out on and M&D date am I treating her as a young lesbian?

Honestly if you look hard enough you will find fault in most things

I find couples saying date night unbelievably twee and annoying.

Applying it to kids is creepy and unnecessary. Just do what normal parents do and parent.

I'm not implying anything about you. Why are you trying to make this about you?

If your daughter was chatting with her mates on a Monday “what did you do this weekend small leopard?”

“Went on a date with my dad”

You don’t think her contemporaries would think it’s a bit weird?

Surely “my dad took me out to Nando’s” is normal?

I don't feel strongly about it really - but on first glance it does seem abit creepy. Also agree making out that a father and daughter spending time together is some sort of rare event/big deal.

DH often takes the girls out just him for ice cream. He is much better at shopping for their clothes than I am so he does that (though he needs a lie down when they get home). No labelling (especially labelling with sexual overtones) is required surely.

thyme your the person that’s implying it so yes.

walking no. Just have my own opinion on it which is allowed.

There is bigger shit to get worked up about rather than the word ‘date’ meaning that I and dh are sexualising our kids because we use the phrase. Honestly

Wow I clicked on this expecting nice stories about going to the cinema, a film and snacks on the sofa or Dad showing his kids how to make/fix something. The whole date idea is a bit strange. My Dad would take DB and I out for a Chinese a few times a year or let us 'help' in his workshop. We'd really just stand there and hold a spirit level feeling important and chatting about anything and everything while he worked. Seriously I agree with other posters who find it a bit weird and about reinforcing a certain idea of how a woman should behave. There's plenty of other ways to spend quality time with your kids and teach them to value themselves and others.

It's me who's strange if I think it's creepy to apply labels that seek to sexualise a relationship between a father and daughter?! OK.