“I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there four years ago - every five years they have a remembrance on D-Day beaches and I would have liked to have been there and done my bit.” WorldYearsHas BeensWarDoneKidsBitsFiveFourDadYears AgoMy DadBeachWar Of The WorldsFive YearsWorld War IiFour YearsWorld War IRemembranceD Day Author:Eddie Izzard
“Adjusted for inflation, somebody going to college today to a state university, is paying about 300 percent of what her mom or dad did just 30 years ago.” YearsStatesTodayCollegeMomDadPercentYears AgoUniversityInflationGoing To College Author:Elizabeth Warren
“My father died many years ago, and yet when something special happens to me, I talk to him secretly not really knowing whether he hears, but it makes me feel better to half believe it.” FeelsYearsBelieveHappensFatherHalfKnowingSpecialDadDaughterYears AgoDiedFeel BetterFatherhoodFathers DaySomething SpecialFather DiedMy Father DiedMake Me Feel BetterNew Father Author:Natasha Josefowitz
“My parents always talk about Puerto Rico. My dad's whole family lives in Puerto Rico. My great grandma lives in Puerto Rico and I got to meet her a couple years ago.” YearsWholeParentCoupleDadYears AgoMy DadFamily LifeGrandmaWhole FamilyPuerto RicoRicoGreat Grandma Author:Danny Garcia
“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 came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.” ThinkingMenYearsRealSleepSituationKnowingDadRacismYears AgoTownsSouthUniversityMy DadLabourServingLionsSouth AfricaNot KnowingReal MenCouncillors Author:Johnny Vegas
“I think back to the day I drove Michelle and a newborn Malia home from the hospital nearly 11 years ago - crawling along, miles under the speed limit, feeling the weight of my daughter's future resting in my hands. I think about the pledge I made to her that day: that I would give her what I never had - that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father. I knew that day that my own life wouldn't count for much unless she had every opportunity in hers.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsMadeFeelingsHomeHandsWould BeFatherOpportunityMy OwnDadLimitsDaughterYears AgoWeightSpeedMilesIf I CouldMy DaughterHospitalsPledgeMy Own LifeFathers DayNewbornCrawlingAnything In LifeGood FatherSpeed Limits Author:Barack Obama