Your daughter made an important statement. Her mother is not a healthy role model for her. She desires a healthier role model that has an identity and can also respect how your daughter is trying to develop that for herself. She needs a STABLE older female presence, your wife is not capable of providing that.

I think it’s important that a child gets exposed to different things. One of the jobs I did was to drive to Manhattan and have one of my ponies be a part of a segment of a show with puppets about visiting a farm. I found myself suddenly seeing a very different world and how different people, all with creative talent become part of a collaboration that resulted in creating an episode that my pony was a part of. I got paid well and I had fun and got to see a lot.

I found myself thinking how I wish I had experienced that when I was young because I am a very creative person and would have enjoyed being part of that as a career. So I think at your daughters age exposure and exploring is important.