Dads who buy their daughters tools are the best because it teaches their daughters independence. You'll always need your dad, but you don't have to find someone when you're miles away from your dad... You can do it your own damn self. (Like the fearless female pictured above)
I don't know if my dad MEANT to do this, but any time I ever thought there might be something broken in my world,my dad at least TALKED me through what it was and how to fix it. This gave me the confidence to go into Pep Boys and tell them that no, I didn't have my radio on a weird station and that the noise I was hearing was a broken U Joint. (Random example... Ahem... not bitter...)
ANYWAYS.
Thank you to the Dads who teach their girls how to get their hands a little dirty. You'll never know what that means to us.