41. For most of history, fathers did. 42. For decades, children grew up wondering exactly what their fathers did for a living. 43. Frequently, Mother would insist my father do something about his daughter which invariably prompted him to remind me that some folks might be unreceptive to my verbal eruptions. 44. Getting physical, by the way, exemplifies perfectly why being an involved father does not have to mean giving up an ounce of your masculinity. 45. Good fathers must sometimes do painful things for their children. 46. He drank, as his father did, but frequently renounced alcohol. 47. He has always used a percolator, as his father did before him. 48. Hancock said he just did what any father would do upon hearing that the violations had gone beyond what he considered old-fashioned horseplay. 49. He has longish wavy brown hair, just as her father did. 50. He has taken a cuffing in the media for doing what any father would do to spare his son. |