I was a more mature 12 y/o. There was no behavior to discipline. (None my parents knew about ). He never had children of his own, so I was an alien to him. It was later, when I was 16 and older, he had to come to my rescue a couple of times with bad boyfriends. I was really grateful to have a dad those times. I really never had much of a father influence. Otherwise, he was a nice man and we got along great. They are still together over 40 years later.