My father was a food lover and a deadbeat dad, and maybe a connection between good food and bad dads was forged early, in the deepest folds of my subconscious, where we make so many decisions about our parents.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into the awkward position of an authority; I thought he knew and was right on everything - for a while.
My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.
My father was a huge influence on me.
Until late in life, I was never quite good enough for my father, and I suppose that is part of what drives me even now, well after his death in 1992.
My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.
My dad died when I was young; my mom remarried with more haste than sense to a fellow... he wasn't evil or anything, but he was worthless.
Some people found it difficult to understand my relationship with my father, but that may have been because they couldn't get beyond their relationship with their own parents.
I had a great bond with my father. Even when I was a kid, my bond with my dad made me want to be a father myself one day.
We learn much of parenting from our own parents. My love for my father deepened profoundly when he was kind, patient, and understanding.
My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me.