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Channing Tatum Pens Heartwarming Essay For His Daughter

We're not crying, you're crying.

By Practical Parenting

May 09 2017

Channing Tatum has penned a beautiful essay on what he wants for his daughter as she grows up, and there's a 90% chance it will make you cry all the ugly tears.

In a new piece for Cosmopolitan, the actor revealed that his new Las Vegas show Magic Mike LIVE has a very specific goal to help show women "…what it’s like to exist in a world where men really listen to them, where they treat them like goddesses, and where they can feel comfortable and proud to express the full force of their sexual energy together."

He continued on to say that, as a father to a daughter, he realises 3-year-old Everly Tatum will have a lot of struggles to face as she grows up.

"I don’t want her looking to the outside world for answers," he said. "My highest hope for her is just that she has the fearlessness to always be her authentic self, no matter what she thinks men want her to be."

Channing wrote that one of the main reasons he fell for wife Jenna Dewan was her fearlessness, and that he hopes Everly inherits this from her mother. UGH! Like we weren't crying enough already.

I know I've got a blockhead...I never knew I'd have an actual blockhead for a child lol.

"We live in a society that has trained men and women to play certain kinds of roles for a long time, and the beauty of this amazing moment we’re living in is that we’re finally starting to break free from those roles,” he added. "Women, especially, are realizing that they no longer have to conform to certain standards of social and sexual behavior, and this changes what they need from men and the role of men in general."

Bravo, Channing.

I took this just days after jenna and I (mostly jenna) brought our little girl into the world. I've taken many like it over the past 3 years but this is one of my favorites. She was so tired. Haha. But she has such deep strength and other worldly grace. Watching her in those first days transform into a mother was life changing. She was every bit the beautiful, sexy, funny, flawed creature I fell in love with. But the prism turned and showed a whole new light that I had no idea existed, the light of a mothers love. Thank you for that baby. Saw this quote today --" The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Theodore Hesburgh" there are a lot of important things in being a father. Who knows what the most important thing is? All I know is that in my case this is pretty high on my list. Love you cake!

This article originally appeared on InStyle.