My dad always suggested typically male actvities when I wanted to do a “girl” thing, i wanted to be a cheerleader, he asked me why not a football player? I wanted to marry a millionaire, he sakd I should make my own millions. I still wanted to be the cheerleader, but what I realize in retrospect is I never felt limited by my gender. I felt like every career was open to me, it was just a matter of discovering what I liked.
One thing my father didn’t do was encourage me to pursue things I loved if he felt the activities would not lead to big professional careers, I think that was a mistake. I tend to give up on things easily and be quickly discouraged by negative outside comments. Very successful people tend to have a drve to prove they can do something, I lack it to some extent.
I say teach her everything you know, whatever it is. Fishing, fixing a car, how you think about situations, as she gets older about your job and interests no matter what your job or interests are. Learning from you and with you is part of bonding with her and a time for communicating with her. But, most of all allow her to teach you. If she interested in dance (I highly recommend putting her in a ballet class to at least see if she likes it. Ballet teaches discipline, how to carry oneself with confidence, gracefulness, and a better awareness of where our bodies are) or tennis, or math, or bridges, or trains, or whatever, follow her in her passions, learning and discovering with her. She will want to read about what she is interested in and travel to see those things. It is not just the specific interest, pursuing the interests opens the world and the mind to those other things, reading, travel, research, perserverance.