“Most kids would be like, 'My dad's never around.' But I saw it as a positive. He was out there working to provide for me.” Would BeKidsSawsDadMy Dad Author:Gilbert Arenas
“...make dads the godly leaders [of the family] with the women in submission, raising kids for the glory of God.” KidsLeaderDadGloryGodlySubmissionGlory Of GodRaising Kids Author:Randall Terry
“My dad was an actor, and my older sister is an actress, and so I very much remember thinking, "Well, of course I'll do that as well." But I never imagined myself as an actor who would be in films. I always only thought of myself being in a play or a musical and maybe the odd episode of [U.K. '80s TV drama] Casualty. My backup plan was to do something with children, to start a nursery school or work with underprivileged kids. And I still dream of maybe doing that in some way. I've always got children in my house, always.” ThinkingWayWellsChildrenStillsPlayDreamWould BeKidsSchoolRememberFilmCoursesActorsHousePlansTvsDadDramaMusicalMy DadActressesOddEpisodes80sNurseryCasualtiesBackupOlder SisterUnderprivilegedBackup PlanNursery School Author:Kate Winslet
“My dad used to tell me, 'Check the price, son.' Check the price, kids, check the price because there is a price to be paid for whatever you do in life, whether it is good or it is bad. Before you do something, ask yourself is it worth the price you have to pay?” KidsUsedAsksPaySonDadPaidMy DadChecks Author:Larry Holmes
“My dad worked very hard for the money he made, and my mom worked very hard to keep this household up and running and all the kids fed and everything. And she did it in a brilliant fashion. They both did. In fact, the work ethic, to me, is so important in this life.” MadeImportantHardFactsRunningKidsFashionMomDadEthicsMy DadMy MomBrilliantThis LifeFedsHouseholdWork Ethic Author:Kim Basinger
“I hated art as a kid. I didn't even like art class. I didn't like to draw. I would make my dad do all the drawings because I hated it so much.” ArtKidsClassDadDrawsMy DadDrawingHatedArt Class Author:Wade Guyton
“I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn't want to be one of those dads where the kid doesn't know who his dad is.” KnowsWantYearsKidsBornHalfDad Author:Michael Pena
“I grew up as a little 4- and 5-year-old kid, watching Phil Tippett and my dad make monsters in our garage. That's what I did, as a child.” YearsChildrenLittlesKidsGrewDadGrew UpMy DadMonstersGarage Author:Robert Stromberg
“I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.” KidsSchoolFatherStuffSonBrokenDadStoresStampsGroceriesFather SonShowing UpGrocery StoresFood StampsBroken Family Author:Dave Mustaine
“I met Picasso when I was a kid. I turned one of his drawings down which would be worth £37 million now. My dad wouldn't talk to me for a fortnight.” Would BeKidsMillionsDadMetsMy DadDrawingTalk To MeFortnight Author:Brian Blessed
“I've always loved The Simpsons, just because it was really, really funny. As a kid, you love the characters. You know that the dad is dumb and frustrated, and you know that the boy is smarter than everyone else around him and is constantly getting into mischief.” KnowsCharacterKidsBoysDadDumbFrustratedSmarterMischief Author:Alex Hirsch
“You always have to take care of the sisters first, so my dad would buy Barbies and stuff and I wouldn't get anything. So I don't want any other kid to feel like that.” WantFeelsFirstsCareKidsStuffDadMy DadTake CareBarbie Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.” YearsWholeKidsSchoolThreeParentFourDadHigh SchoolMovedMy DadEightIslandsFour YearsPrincipalSantaBackyardsBarbaraIdyllicSanta BarbaraSamoa Author:Eric Stoltz
“One afternoon when I was 9, my dad told me I'd be skipping school the next day. Then we drove 12 hours from Melbourne to Sydney for the Centenary Test, a once-in-a-lifetime commemorative cricket match. It was great fun - especially for a kid who was a massive sports fan.” KidsSchoolNextFunSportsHoursFansDadTestsLifetimeMy DadMassiveAfternoonNext DayCricketSydneyOnce In A LifetimeMelbourneSports FanCricket MatchSkipping School Author:Hugh Jackman
“My kids are not that interested in my movie career, by the way. My son, in particular, never talks about it. He just wants me as his dad.” WayWantKidsCareersParticularSonDadMy SonWant Me Author:Hugh Jackman
“My dad was an immigrant kid and a Democrat and a Jew, and we didn't know any Republicans in our group. So I grew up Democratic. My dad was a labor lawyer - a very hardworking guy, a one-horse labor lawyer - and then I went to hippie college and lived in the bubble.” KnowsKidsGuyGroupsCollegeGrewDadRepublicanGrew UpLaborHorseDemocraticDemocratMy DadJewLawyerImmigrantsBubblesHippieHardworking Author:David Mamet
“My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're going to be on toothbrushes and magnets and stuff.' I guess now that I'm a dad, I'm thrilled about that.” MenKidsFacesStuffSleepDadMy FriendsYour FaceMagnetToothbrushesPillowcases Author:Hugh Jackman
“When I was still at school, I'd help Dad at the concrete yard he had prior to the garden centre. I was doing things there, like driving the tractors and forklifts, that most kids my age couldn't.” StillsHelpingKidsAgeSchoolDadGardenDrivingConcreteYardsCentreTractors Author:Rick Astley
“I saw this anti-drug commercial that showed a kid smoking pot in his dad`s room with his friend. This kid finds a gun, the gun accidentally goes off and kills his friend. Only in America is the villain in this commercial not guns or bad parenting, but pot.” KidsAmericaRoomsSawsDadDrugGunAdvertisingSmokingPotVillainOnly In AmericaSmoking PotBad Parenting Author:Bill Maher
“Your children need your presence more than your presents.” InspirationalNeedsChildrenKidsMotherParentFamilyDadOur ChildrenParentingEducationalChristmasMy ChildrenYour ChildrenBirthdayParenthoodRaising ChildrenChildren LoveChildren And ParentsYour PresenceSingle ParentParents LoveRaising KidsFunny ParentingParent ChildFunny ParentKids LoveParents And TeachersParental LoveHappy Fathers DayFamily TogetherLove Your ChildrenProtecting ChildrenInspirational ParentingSpoiled ChildrenMom And ChildNew ParentsLoving ParentsLove My ParentsAmazing ParentsLoving ChildrenBest ParentsI Love My ParentsLoving My FamilyRaising A FamilyWise ParentsChildren And LoveSingle ChildParents MarriageKid At HeartStage Presence Author:Jesse Jackson
“Body hair. You know when you're swimming as a kid and you want to crawl on your dad? None of us went anywhere near him. 'My god, a beaver! Everyone out of the pool!” KnowsWantBodyKidsHairDadSwimmingPoolYour DadBeaversBody Hair Author:Jon Stewart
“Nowadays you can't even spank your kids. No, gotta give 'em a time out. My dad would take time out of his busy day... to whip our ass.” GivingKidsDadMy DadBusyAssEmsTake TimeWhipsBusy Day Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“My dad always played Anne Murray in the car on the way to the dump when I was a kid.” WayKidsCarDadMy DadDump Author:Seth MacFarlane
“Your kids can say some cruel things to you at times. For example, Nicole, Miles and Sofie are standing there in the room and I'm dressed to kill in my own mind. They'll say to me, 'Dad, you're not going out there looking like that are you?' If that doesn't kill a star, I don't know what does!” IfsKnowsMindDoeKidsStarsMy OwnRoomsExampleDadStandingMilesGoing OutStanding ThereNicole Author:Lionel Richie
“My dad also survived five divorces, and the women he married cleaned his ass out every time. I used to think my dad got divorced because he wanted new furniture. At one point in my life, all we had left was a wooden box, a 12 black-and-white TV, and a four-man rubber raft for a couch. And yet, I was the coolest kid in third grade. Mom, can we have a sleepover in Christopher Titus' house? They have a raft in the living room! We can row to breakfast in the morning. I can actually be Captain Crunch!” ThinkingMenI CanKidsWantedUsedHouseLeftBlackWhiteRoomsMorningFiveFourTvsMomDadMarriedThirdsMy DadBoxesDivorceAssGradesBreakfastBlack And WhiteCaptainsSurvivedFurnitureDivorcedCouchesLiving RoomRubberCrunchThird GradeSleepovers Author:Christopher Titus
“How far would you go for someone you love ? I heard this story, about this woman, who actually lifted a car off of her baby. 'Course I would have said, Dude! Back up. But, wasn't my kid. When I was born, if I'd have known all the stuff my dad was going to do for me, I'd have crawled right back in.” IfsSaidStoriesKidsCoursesStuffBornKnownHeardCarBabyDadMy DadOne You LoveSomeone You Love Author:Christopher Titus
“My father? A hard drinking man from the 70's. We actually have no pictures of my dad where he is not holding a beer. Weddings, Funerals, Water Skiing, Parent-Teacher Conference. When I got sick around him as a kid growing up, he'd always warm me up a shot of 100 proof whiskey. Never got sick... that I can remember.” MenI CanHardKidsRememberFatherParentWaterGrowing UpTeacherGrowingDadShotsSickDrinkingMy DadWarmProofBeerFuneralConferencesWhiskeySkiingKids Growing UpParent Teacher ConferenceWater Skiing Author:Christopher Titus
“If I just do everything the opposite of what my dad did, I think that will make things pretty easy. I can joke about it now because I'm past that stage where it used to hurt. By having a kid, it's gone. I could take all that negative energy that I had and put it in a positive way.” IfsThinkingWayI CanKidsPastUsedEnergyEasyHurtGoneStageDadJokesNegativeOppositesMy DadNegative Energy Author:Derrick Rose
“I had a happy childhood in a nice suburban area, pretty idyllic, upper middle class and very, very white. My dad is an attorney. My mother is a housewife. They had five kids in seven years: me, my brother, and three sisters. I'm the oldest. We were all very active. My mother was exhausted.” YearsKidsMotherThreeWhiteClassFiveNiceChildhoodMiddleBrotherDadAreasSevenMy DadActiveMy BrotherMiddle ClassExhaustedSeven YearsAttorneyHousewifeHappy ChildhoodIdyllicUpper Middle ClassThree Sisters Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“My girlfriend has the greatest story as to why she isn't religious anymore. When she was a kid, like 12 years old, her parents nailed a 25 pound crucifix to the wall right above her bed. About two weeks later, in the middle of the night, the crucifix falls off the wall and leaves a two inch gash in the back of her dad's head.” YearsTwoStoriesKidsNightFallParentReligiousWeekMiddleWallDadBedGirlfriendPoundsInchesTwo WeeksMy GirlfriendMiddle Of The NightOff The Wall Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I don't want my kids saying, 'My dad was a gangster, so I need to be a gangster. I would rather mine say, 'My dad was a stunna, so I need to be a stunna.'” WantNeedsKidsMinesDadMy DadGangsters Author:Young Thug
“All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up.” WantShowsKidsDad Author:Nicole Ari Parker
“A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids.” PeopleWantKidsFunDadProtectBehave Author:Jason Statham
“At the end of the day, you realize that this is important stuff, but it isn't as important as how my kids feel about me. That's how I'm going to measure my success - not how I did as counsel to the president or as attorney general. How did I do as a dad?” FeelsImportantEndsKidsStuffPresidentRealizingDadThe End Of The DayAttorney Author:Alberto Gonzales
“Of the many horrors of divorce, the most egregious is that it robs a kid of the best of both worlds. Dads can do many things that even the best moms can't, and vice versa.” WorldKidsCan DoMomDadHorrorVicesDivorceVice VersaBest Of Both WorldsBest Mom Book:Love Life Source: Love Life
“Well, my dad was into music, but he wasn't into me being into music. In my house when I was a kid, when I was real young, my dad wanted us all to play sports, and we were jock-like. We had a lot of money. And my brother was sort of the light of our family, and he was a good athlete. And I wasn't a very good athlete, but I tried to be. And then when I was 15 my dad went bankrupt, and we moved to Houston. And I went with him, but then I went back to Portland.” WellsRealPlayLightKidsWantedYoungHouseSportsBrotherDadMovedMy DadVery GoodAthleteOur FamilyMy BrotherLots Of MoneyHoustonJocksPortlandGood Athlete Author:Todd Snider
“My dad taught me to play the guitar. We grew up with country music. We had every Willie Nelson record (laughs). I was saved at a young age and had a great desire to follow God. I was really focused on that through my whole life, even as a kid and through high school.” CountryPlayWholeKidsAgeSchoolYoungDesireLaughingRecordsTaughtGrewDadGrew UpHigh SchoolGuitarMy DadFocusedSavedWhole LifeYoung AgeNelson Author:Chris Tomlin
“My dad died in May of '97. The effects of his death immediately were not all that hard, but a year or two later it hit, when my job as Dad was sort of done and I was sending my kids to college. And somehow, the emotional intensity of that event mixed with the loss of my own dad, was kind of upsetting.” YearsKindMayTwoHardDoneKidsJobsMy OwnLossEffectsEventsEmotionalCollegeDadDiedMy DadUpsetIntensityDad DiedMy Dad Died Author:Wayne Watson
“My mum and dad ran a family cafe in Sligo for 35 years and worked long hours. We grew up in a very hard-working family and had a lovely atmosphere, as we lived above the restaurant. It definitely made me want to work hard, whatever I chose to do. As the baby of seven kids, I was definitely a bit spoilt.” WantYearsLongMadeHardKidsBitsHoursHard WorkBabyGrewDadGrew UpSevenLovelyAtmosphereRanRestaurantsMumCafesLong HoursMum And DadSpoilt Author:Shane Filan
“My dad was never married. He was kind of a rolling stone. But he was never disrespectful. At the same time, even though he had women in his life when I was a kid, there wasn't any consistency.” KindKidsDadMarriedStonesMy DadRollingConsistencyRolling StonesDisrespectful Author:Kevin Hart
“We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage. To me, there is no difference between 'natural' and 'adopted.' My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don't apply. I was the oldest of six, and three of my siblings were adopted. Mom and Dad even took in foster children. 'There are no limits to how much you can love,' Dad always said.” YearsChildrenSaidKidsThreeNaturalDifferencesMy OwnChildhoodMomDadLimitsSixDaughterConceptsAdoptedSiblingLoving YouFoster ChildrenMom And DadMy SiblingsCourtneyDad Love Author:Al Roker
“There was a lot of drama in school because, well, people have problems at home and they take it out on their friends in school. Trying to impress people, they became bullies. I hated it because I know what it's like to be picked on, and I never liked not fitting in, especially moving around so much as a kid because I was an Army brat. My dad was in the Army.” PeopleKnowsTryingWellsProblemHomeKidsSchoolMovingDadDramaArmyMy DadHatedImpressBullyFittingBratNot FittingArmy Brat Author:Michelle Rodriguez
“I love every minute of fatherhood, staying up all night, changing nappies, kids crying, I find it really funny and inspiring. It connects you to the world in a new way.” WorldWayKidsNightMinutesCryDadStayingNew WaysFatherhoodAll NightUp All NightBeing A DadNappies Author:Elton John
“I have very good advice to give to kids this age, which is, you shouldn't listen to your mum or dad and you just have to work it out for yourself. And the reason I've taken the age range down this year, and I never would have done it 10 years ago, is what I've seen with the success of Willow Smith. You don't have to be so cutesy anymore.” GivingYearsReasonDoneKidsAgeTakenAdviceDadYears AgoVery GoodRangeWorking ItMumGood AdviceYour Mum Author:Simon Cowell
“I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."” MenWayWantKidsLyingFunChurchTroubleCarBrotherKeysTypeDadShotsMy FriendsMadMy DadHaving FunMy BrotherMy SisterLockedRight WayJamHappy Man Author:Fetty Wap
“I learned as a really young kid, when my dad was telling me one story and my mom was telling me another that, even as a 5-year-old boy, there was no way that both of these stories are true. Something in the middle is true, and I have to figure out what it is, what the truth is, and I never did quite figure that out.” WayYearsStoriesKidsYoungBoysMiddleFiguresMomDadTruth IsMy DadMy Mom Author:Moshe Kasher
“I'm working from home a lot. That's very unusual because I'm away a lot, sometimes working on the other side of the world for long periods of time. So, it's hard to manage in the sense that I want to be the best dad I can be but it's almost harder when you have your kids outside the door.” WorldWantLongI CanSometimesHardHomeKidsSidesDoorsDadPeriodsHarderManageBeing The BestUnusualLong Periods Of TimeBest Dad Author:Andy Serkis
“I always felt safe and protected. My dad is 6'6" and 280 pounds, so I basically felt protected, and I aspire to have my kids feel the same way.” WayFeelsKidsFeltDadSafeMy DadPoundsProtectedAspire Author:Rib Hillis
“I didn't want the lyrics to be about specific things in my life, I wanted them to be about generalised experiences I'd had. So when I'm writing about relationships or somebody leaving you or something, a lot of lyrics are partly about failed relationships I'd had, but they were also about my Dad, and being abandoned as a kid.” WantWritingKidsWantedDadLeavingMy DadAbandonedFailed Relationship Author:Zachary Cole Smith