389 Quotes About Fatherhood

Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.

I loved her, instantly. Of course, most parents love their children instantly. But I mention it here because I still find it a remarkable thing. Where was that love before? Where did you acquire it from? The way it is suddenly there, total and complete, as sudden as grief, but in reverse, is one of the wonders about being human.

Saturday mornings, I’ve learned, are a great opportunity for kids to sneak into your bed, fall back asleep, and kick you in the face.

I slid down in the seat and began to weep. I wept for her, for me, but mostly because the siren call of my first big story with a yellow border around it was more powerful than the call of fatherhood.

Teaching a boy to be a man is the primary job of a father.

Labor & delivery is measured in hours. Birth is a moment. Being a parent is the rest of your life.

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Sometimes what we see as an instance of a toddler crying the toddler sees as it reasoning.

I used to scream, “Daddy!” and hug him when he came home,Until one day I got scared hugging a father I didn’t know.Who is daddy except for that one man in my house at nightTo eat dinner, sleep, and go away again?