Generosity
From the first time we allowed our daughter to handle her own food, she has demonstrated a quite touching inclination to share it. She simply will not let any rusk, carrot stick or blueberry pass her lips until she has successfully offered it to whichever person initially provided her with the morsel in question. To see this person nibble (or quite convincingly pretend to) upon her snack fills our daughter with glee.
This instinctive generosity is an adorable and highly commendable trait, and one which should ensure that she will always do her utmost to provide for her sibling, as well as setting him or her an excellent example.
Of course it could be that our daughter suspects my wife and I of attempting to poison her, and is simply taking the sensible precaution of having us taste her food first to attest to its safety. I should stress that - inadvertent egg crises aside - we have never poisoned her. Nevertheless, the self preservation instinct implied by this theory is also a very useful characteristic in a sister.
Coolness
I can honestly say that my proudest achievement as a father came only about a week ago, when I taught my daughter to high-five. Oh yes. I need only hold my outstretched palm near her, and her little mit slaps satisfyingly away at it, spreading contagious joy across the faces of all present. Anybody who has ever been anywhere near the 1980s will know that there is no greater indication of whether a person is cool, or perhaps rad, or bodacious.
Thus, I can now claim indisputably that my daughter is worthy of all of these adjectives. And this, above all else, will cement her position as trusted life mentor in the eyes of her younger brother or sister.
Abrupt Ending 2
I don't have to go to work today. But I can't think of any more examples. Which is not to say that there are none. But that is all for now.
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