We don't lose ourselves in parenthood. We find parts of ourselves we never knew existed. ― L.R. Knost

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Sons are born to make their fathers better men.― Mekael Shane

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I blinked. Because even though my dad never, ever complained about being a young dad, I always wondered about his regrets. How his need to keep abandoned, sad things might apply to me, too. ― Maurene Goo

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Some men became fathers mainly to show that they are not gay. Some, only to hide the fact that they are. ― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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watching his son in quick pulses of attention. ― Thomas Pynchon

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Sons want their fathers' attention until the precise moment when fathers want their sons'. ― Fredrik Backman

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Raising The Kids ....Running the Family Is A Combined Effort of Both Dad & Mom! ― Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.

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If I have held a part of myself back from my children, I have obviously spent some time calculating the expense of being a father. And the fact is, a real father doesn't do that kind of math. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

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I am wounded. I am marked by old codes, which shielded me in one world and then chained me in the next. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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