Dirk Benedict Quotes

Showing up in the lives of children is everything.

The greatest development is achieved during the first years of life, and therefore it is then that the greatest care should be taken. If this is done, then the child does not become a burden; he will reveal himself as the greatest marvel of nature.

It is very important for both the parents to spend quality time with their children, at least till they are eight years old, whatever be our social status, or even if grandparents are available to take care of them, and that is the message we try to drive home in 'Pasanga 2.'

I went to my local Sure Start centre, and they put me on a parenting course. I learned things that might seem simple - that it was important to hug and love your child, and read to them. This might seem obvious, but it wasn't to me at the time.

Active dads make a positive contribution: they are good for children and they are good for mothers.

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

If you think a child is going to be your accessory... it's not like a micro pig. It's not about putting them in front of the television. You need to read to them at night.

Soul development depends on attachment and bonding. Every brain and body is genetically wired to develop itself, but the full soul development of brain and body depends on each child receiving the care of between two and five completely bonded caregivers.

If you don't show care and love for your children and leave the mothers to take care of all their needs, if they grow up, they will also not consider you.

Ninety per cent of being a parent is just being present and available.

I, as a mom, wanted to be really present for my son in the first couple of years, because I know that those years are very important for a kid. So I decided not to work during that period.

I know what I wanna be and what I don't wanna be, which is an absent parent. I wanna be hands-on.

I understand how important it is for both parents to be in a child's life.

America needs more fathers taking an active role in their children's lives.

Reading to children at night, responding to their smiles with a smile, returning their vocalizations with one of your own, touching them, holding them - all of these further a child's brain development and future potential, even in the earliest months.

One of the best investments we can make is to give our kids the ingredients they need to develop in the first five years of life.

My children, who are almost two: watching them develop has made me pay much closer attention to how we become who we are.

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.

I'm afraid the parenting advice to come out of developmental psychology is very boring: pay attention to your kids and love them.

Any child can be developed, it depends on how you do it.

I'm old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up.

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.