When I was born, was what you expected about me?

Today, my teenage daughter asked me whether when she was born, I was happy and what I expected about her like being like me or her mum. Not really sure why out of the blue she asked me that question, but I thought it was interesting to share with you.

I tried to split my answer in 2 parts. First of all, I told her that, of course I was HAPPY and seeing her strong, healthy and so cute made me the happiest man in the entire world (same feeling when my son was born) and while a mix of feelings, happiness and also fear since I was father for the first time, it is a feeling that I will never forget.

“Now on your question what I expected about your being like me or mum”, I told her that I never had any expectation of how my daughter or son should be. We are all “different” even though we have the same blook and that is what it makes each of use “unique”. She was surprised with my answer, because it seems that she was expecting me to answer, “you look like me and that is why I was happy”, but she never thought about my response…I told her that we should NOT stereotype or think about how are kids should be, but instead to help our kids to be UNIQUE!

What do you think and have ever any of your kid/s asked you something similar?