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3.5.13

Dear Chick-fil-a,

It was Daddy-daughter date night tonight. My husband and my 9 year old daughter got to have dinner together complete with a string quartet in the background at our local Chick-fil-a. The tables were set beautifully, candles were lit, flowers were presented, and the food they both love was served. They reported that the restaurant was hopping with dads and little girls. We love that you support families in a very tangible way through hosting events like this to get parents to connect with their children without distraction.

There was a booklet they received tonight called Continuing the Conversation full of questions (provided by the WinShape Foundation) Dads and daughters can ask each other on date nights to get the conversation going. What a great idea! What a great tool to help give both girls and their dads ways to grow their relationship beyond the day-to-day car dropoffs and homework help. 
My husband showed this booklet to me as soon as they got home because of a specific question in it. In the first set of daughter to daddy questions, he read me this one:

Tell me about the day I was born. What was it like for you?

I know this is a fun question to ask. I’d love to hear my own father answer this one. But, to be sensitive to families like ours and like a few my family met tonight at your restaurant who have children who joined their family via adoption, I think this question should have been worded differently.

Tell me about the day I joined the family. What was it like for you?

or

Tell me about the day you first met me. What was it like for you?

These questions would encourage the same conversation but in a way that honors families built a little differently, families who may not know anything about the day their child was born.

We love who you are and what you do. Sometimes, it only takes a little change to do it even better.

Sincerely,

Kelly

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