“My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.” FirstsPersonsParentHappenedCollegeDadBandMy FamilyMy DadSingersHarvardFirst Person Author:Dean Norris
“As a little kid, not only is my dad Jo-Jo White, but M. L. Carr is involved in the family, Red Auerbach is my godfather, and my stepmother was an Olympic-caliber sprinter. Athletes were all around. I happened to be a natural athlete. If I wasn't, it might have been hell. But I never got any pressure from my mom and dad to be an athlete.” IfsLittlesHas BeensMightKidsNaturalWhiteHellHappenedMomDadInvolvedRedPressureMy DadAthleteMy MomLittle KidMight Have BeenMom And DadCaliberBeing A DadStepmothersSprinters Author:Brian J. White
“You see, everything I know, I learned from my dad. He learned it all from his, and his dad just happened to be wrong about everything” KnowsHappenedDadMy Dad Author:Dan Bern
“My dad and mom were more like World War II-era parents, even though it was the 1960s, because they were both born in the '40s. They were young adults before the '60s even happened, and married, and already having kids. But by the time we were adolescents in the '70s, the whole culture was screaming at parents, "You're a good parent if you're open with your kids about sex." They attempted to be open with us about sex, and it made them want to die, and consequently, it made us want to die.” IfsWorldWantMadeWarWholeKidsYoungDiesCultureSexParentBornHappenedMomDadMarriedAdultsMy DadYoung AdultErasWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War I1960sWanting To DieHaving KidsGood Parent Author:Dan Savage
“My dad was a breeder. Most of his work happened in little test plots and didn't require much labor. He tried growing them for a while, and realized that farming is hard. It's just brutally hard. We didn't have the interest or fortitude to farm.” LittlesHardInterestGrowingHappenedDadLaborTestsMy DadPlotFarmsFarmingFortitudeBreeders Author:Sanjay Rawal
“I sat on the piano bench next to my mother in church. Something happened before I set foot on this planet. I was crawling around inside of her. She was a church pianist. My dad was a brilliant singer. I was hearing it.” MotherNextChurchHappenedFeetPlanetsDadMy DadHearingBrilliantSingersPianoSatBenchesPianistCrawling Author:Al Jarreau
“When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that's happened that day just melts away.” GivingHomeBigsRunningMotherHappenedDoorsDaughterGive MeMy DadMy DaughterComing HomeHugDaughter To FatherLove My DaughterI Love My DaughterBeautiful Daughter Author:Hugh Jackman
“My dad was a good man but an emotionally absent father, and so I had to look for that male attention somewhere else, and found it in a brother-in-law. He just happened to be an alcoholic.” MenLooksLawFoundFatherAttentionHappenedBrotherDadMalesMy DadGood ManAlcoholicsSomewhere ElseAbsentIn-lawsBrother In Law Author:Jim Hamilton