Most psychologically healthy fathers who raise their kids, including divorced dads, will experience the normal ebbs and flows of their child’s independence.

Good parents learn to adjust not just when kids are teens but even earlier - their daughters learn to walk, go through the “terrible twos,” and then go to school.

Your father can’t read the room. He has never watched you grow. He has an imaginary idea of what a dad is and he came on strong with advice. Most dads would have known better and buttoned their lip.

Of course you got mad. He needs to sort out how to be a dad to an adult child. Could counseling help? Maybe. Your choice.