[meadsjn]

You don't think this father had an affect on his daughter's goals?

Obviously, this father had a positive effect on his children.

Otherwise, they would likely be just hanging out, playing rap music, doing drugs, poking bones through their nose, sporting tattoos, becoming obese couch potatoes, and watching vampire shows and MTV. Oh, and planning for a lifetime of taxpayer-funded nothingness.

[donna]

I thought affect was proper in my sentence, isn't it?

"When you affect a situation, you have an effect on it."