The only differences I see is the fears involved. At least here, having a girl added a few more to the list of anxieties that I don't want to think about. Talking about the ones that you can't prepare them for, that just happen out of bad luck. The educational stuff is easy to cover, but when life happens, the best education can fail.
And yes, we fathers lack some skills. I can do some braids now, and fairly nice little things. I'm not one for fine motor skills. But she can learn that elsewhere, and she does at other people's houses. I don't think it's a deficiency, but more a strength - focusing on teaching the things that we are actually very good at. And let others from the village teach them the stuff we can't. It seems like you're very complementary with your wife there, so your village is right with you.
Thanks for this text, it was a great read!
Yep - plenty of fears. I think that culture these days is unfortunately heading backwards in many respects in regard to women.
I had an agreement with a friend to teach my kid ice hockey - because I can't, and this is Finland :)