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Whatever their age, most men have never received true fathering.
John Eldredge / Author
Fathering
Received
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Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.
Francis Of Assisi / Saint
Capable
Children
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There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.
Gertrude Stein / Writer
Boyfriend
Smile
Dad
Depressing
Doubt
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No Doubt
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Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.
Steven Spielberg / Film Director
Jobs
Kids
Direct
Directors
Fathering
Life Me My Life
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Fathering makes a man, whatever his standing in the eyes of the world, feel strong and good and important, just as he makes his child feel loved and valued.
Frank Pittman / Psychiatrist
Strength
Children
Eye
Fathering
Standing
Strong
Good Eyes Man
Valued
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If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.
Bill Cosby / Comedian
Funny
Dad
Bewildered
Comfort
Defeated
Fathering
Fathers Day
Fifty
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A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the child's becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult.
Clyde Edgerton / Author
Dad
Behave
Being Happy
Fathering
Secure
Young Adult
Chances
Definition
Fruitful
Guiding
Increasing
Thus
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Being a father can 'unreason' your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. It's sad that children's open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum.
Clyde Edgerton / Author
Adolescence
Fathering
Flexible
Function
Minimum
Worldview
Fade
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Insights
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