“The challenge is shifting our appreciation: being willing to give up some of dad’s money for more of dad’s love. And, in the process, altering the psyche that makes him lovable.”

“We spend billions to get from dads the money few of them have, and virtually nothing to allow dads to give the time they do have—the time their children need.”

“Technology is dad-at-home friendly. It allows the family to be more creative and role flexible than it ever has in the past without being poor in the process.”

“When our binoculars are focused on the dad as “deadbeat,” it often even leads us to missing concrete cues a dad gives to show his desire to be involved.”

“You always love your dad.
You don’t always like your dad sometimes.
But granddaughters not only love THEIR dads — their grandpops — they ALWAYS like them, and that’s the GREAT thing.”

“I never got along with my dad. Kids used to come up to me and say, "My dad can beat up your dad." I'd say Yeah? When?”

“The more our children see men being paid to take responsibility for children, the more respectable it will be for men to do work compatible with their role as dads.”

“Send lawyers, guns and money.
Dad, get me out of this!”

“Whether or not we know our dad, we have a relationship with him. The relationship in our mind is our relationship.”

“I guess it started in London, the night our dad blew up the British museum.”