But you are a kid, dear. You always will be for me. And I have said time and time again that I love you. I'd love you more as a doctor or lawyer, or under the teriyakki (or however it's called) sauce though.
When neighbour's children either bring diplomas from Harvard or their enemies' severed heads my daughter intends to bring either cute dogs or adolescents with daddy issues. Swell.
In the context of psychological grooming (negative and harmful behavior), a groomer is someone who manipulates and builds trust with a victim, often a child or vulnerable person, to exploit or abuse them. This process is deliberate and occurs over time, with the goal of gaining control over the victim.
So adolescents with daddy issues? Sigh. Can't you be more normal? Please? What happened to that penchant of killing and burying neighbours pets when you were in kindergarten, or that violent streak back in middle school? Did you know how proud I was when I was called to school and the school cancelor talked how you disfigured that girl?