Paul McCartney Quotes

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

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

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

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again.

Being with my kids is really important to me, being a good dad and being around a lot.

I have my kids every Friday through Monday, and I don't leave them the whole time I have them.

Like some people they're into nannies and the whole social life and they don't spend time with their kids. I'm always with my kids.

I traveled a lot, but we didn't hire nannies to take care of our kids. We were both very hands-on. My wife did the lion's share because I traveled a lot, but it was important to us to do our best.

I try to keep my kids with me everywhere I go.

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

I'm a fun dad, but I don't know if I'm the fun, crazy dad.

I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.

When my daughter was born, I was a stay-at-home dad for the first two years.

I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?

But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.

I'm a fun father, but not a good father. The hard decisions always went to my wife.

For years before I became a father, I would try to spend as much time as I could with my friends who were parents and their kids. And I was really impressed. They all sort of managed to do it, and do it gracefully.

To have kids and not be there every night is tough.

I believe that the first 8 years are most important and the time in a child's life when parents must be absolutely and completely present.

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

As an older dad who grew up in a rural culture in the South, certain things were expected of women, and that included raising the children. But I think it's just as important for the father to give the baths, to hug, to change the diapers, to tell the stories.

I don't know if I could date a single dad. It would depend on the guy.

I have three kids. I should know how to take care of them.

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.

I have always wanted my children's dads to be involved in their lives. Not just the day-to-day aspect, but the emotional shifts that they go through, when little things pop up - they need to be included, absolutely, and for the children to feel that they are.