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My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents.

Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.

I really don't know how to tell you what it feels like to be a parent.

All I want to do is be a good dad, but I'm pretty bad at it.

It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first lessons I learned was to ask for help.

The best kind of parent you can be is to lead by example.

I have been listening to people's advice. Being a parent, you need all the advice you can get.

You want to be a good parent and you want to be a friend, and it's hard to be both. You have to balance it as well as you can.

The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.

I was in no way ready when my daughter was born. But I want to be a good father to her.