“But making mistakes is the only way we learn something. Let her make them. Instead of roughly paving the way for her, try to understand what is going on in her mind and support her decisions.”

Cadence has a point Shining...if you try to make her into the perfect daughter, how is she supposed to grow and become better?

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As one country music song goes:

How am I ever gonna get to be old and wise
If I ain't ever young and crazy?"

Cadance gave Shining a sinister grin. “It doesn’t have to wait. By the time I return home you two will have become as good friends as a father and a daughter can be.”

Does this music play in the background?

If yes, RUN!

Flurry’s wing unfurled with a single cluster of feathers pointing at the ceiling in an obscene gesture.

Ooh, very clever using her wing to mimic the middle finger/claw