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There is now a growing belief that fathers, do play an important role in raising children and do leave a deep mark on their daughters, not just their sons. It is now believed that regardless of their age, daughters who have meaningful, comfortable relationships with their fathers are generally more self-confident and independent, have better relationship with men, are less depressed, have fewer eating disorders and drug or alcohol problems and achieve more in school and at work. And the easier it is for a daughter to communicate with her father, the more she enjoys being with him and gets more out of the relationship. On the ohter hand, girls grow up with absent or emotionally distant fathers seek acceptance from others, sometimes much oldler males.
In his book Fathers & Daughters, William S. Appleton writes abtou his thoughts from 20 years' experience as a psychiatrest treating troubled women who have identified their fathers as a contributing factor to their adult unhappiness as well as success. He found out that their fathers' influence deeply colors their careers and private lives. "The father's role in a daughter's life is invaluable in shaping her future male-female relationship," says Dr. Appleton. "Whether they are aware of it or not, female tend to pattern such relationships after the model set by their fathers. Dad is the typical example in a girl's life of how she should be treated by males."
Dr. Meg Meeker, a pediatrician with more than 20 years' experience advising girsl and author of the book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know, reveals that a young woman's relationship with her father is far more importnat than we've realized. In her book, she explains the important role fathers play in the lives of their daughters and how they can bes use that role to develop strong moral values and healthy self-images in their daughters. To become a strong, confident woman, a daughter needs her father's attention, protection, courage and wisdom.5. The author mentions the professions of Dr. Appleton and Dr. Meeker mainly because he wants to ______.
A、A) help readers know more about them
B、B) show that doctors can write great books, too
C、C) make his arguments sound more convincing
D、D) show readers they have different professions
