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Note that I personally do not own a Glock, as I stated I’m a 1911 variant guy, old school, and have several versions.

I am also a NRA Range Instructor with significant military experience. Have also taught hundreds of young people, introducing them to shooting.

For my daughter, the correct choice was the Glock for a variety of metrics.

That you pontificate that the Glock was “bad advice” is amusing. Perhaps this is a method of validating your choice of an XD?

Out of the box she put all 50 rounds into a target 30 feet away that could be covered by a dollar bill. Not bad for a “poor grip”. By the time she shot her second box of ammo she not only comfortable with the gun but her groups grew tighter.

For DA reliability, field functionality, accuracy and warranty the Glock was the proper choice for her first weapon.

That you pontificate that the Glock was “bad advice” is amusing. Perhaps this is a method of validating your choice of an XD?

No. I 'pontificated' because you listed no reasons why it was better than any similar gun and listed one important reason (her grip preference) why it was not as good. You say it was the right choice for her for a variety of metrics, except she did not like the grip. There are several other models of gun that have all the same basic features (identical controls, similar size and weight, similar capacity, similar sights, same DA striker reliability, field functionality, accuracy and warranty , etc, etc) but that have slightly different grips. I have shot Glocks, XDs, M&Ps, polymer framed H&Ks. For most of those (and what I know about a few models I have not shot) I found the only really important difference is how they feel in your hand subjectively (and trigger pull but that is also largely subjective). I never said the glock was not accurate. My wife, for example, had no problem at all making tight groups with an Glock, but she also makes tight groups with other similar models. Hence that is not really a differentiator.

I stand by my advice that sticking to one brand is a bad idea. There are a lot of brands out there making accurate reliable guns. For many of these guns the only IMPORTANT difference is how they feel to the user. In most other respects no gun is unique. You can always find a similar model that feels different. All the time I hear people spouting 'only buy a Glock' or 'don't look at anything but Kimber'. Even they end up buying a Glock anyway it is usually still bad advice. Not that the gun is bad. It isn't. Or that it is the wrong choise. It might not be. But the advice to focus on one brand to the exclusion of all others is nearly always bad advice.