There are so many things…

First of all, most obviously, try to be as involved in your daughter’s life as possible. Go to her sports games, watch her performance in the school play, etc. Don’t just stay at home when she has events like that, try your best to go to them if she asks you to. This really applies to all kids, honestly. Just try to be supportive of what they want to do. Also, don’t bring them down. If your daughter wants a dress you don’t like, (ex. don’t say it’s “slutty,”) or don’t say, “why not look at something else?” (It’s actually a lot better to flat out say you don’t like the outfit, but still, let her wear what she wants)

Let girls be as feminine or masculine with their self-expression as they want to be. Odds are, your daughter probably will want to wear makeup when she’s older. Let her, even if you don’t like it. If you daughter wants to wear tuxedos to formal events, let her.

Absolutely do not be one of those “protective” dads. Of course, you should care about your kids and monitor them. But, don’t tell your daughter “now I don’t want you dating anyone until you’re …blah blah blah.” or the whole “if you have a boyfriend and he breaks your heart I’ll whip out my shotgun.” type thing. My father figure would always jokingly say “oh I don’t want you dating till you’re in your forties” but really that is super confusing when you’re young because you never know when you’re actually allowed to date other people. This can be really upsetting and honestly unfair if you were dating at their age, or if you let your male kid date at a younger age. (In short, just let your daughter/kid live out their teen years.) If you’re being all “no dating in this house” your actually probably gonna see your daughter rebelling a lot more, going out more, etc.

and, lastly, don’t push a heteronormative narrative onto your kids, whether they’re a girl or not. Don’t be like “oh, do you like any boys?” To your daughter and so on… if u say stuff like that your daughter might be insecure and embarrassed to be open about her feelings she has. You never know if she’ll like boys or not, so it’s best to not assume that she’ll end up straight (just sayin’)