Patricia Richardson Quotes

Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.

I feel like dads should come more into their feminine side.

I do believe that men can be emasculated by successful women. I don't think I'm emasculating. But I have seen the dynamic with men who either don't make money or make less money. It's just not good for them.

In little more than a generation, feminism has obliterated roles. If you wonder why so many men choose not to get married, the answer lies in large part in the contemporary devaluation of the husband and of the father - of men as men, in other words.

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal.

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.

It's really hard for a lot of men to have the woman accomplishing more than them.

We have to start spreading that news - that real men change poopy diapers and coach the soccer team and let their daughters paint toenails all kinds of colours.

Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.

I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

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

Most pro bodybuilders have bad relationships with their fathers. We want to prove something.

I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently to be good fathers whether they are stepfathers, or biological fathers or just spiritual fathers.

I would be ready to become a dad if I was with the right person. I'd like a boy, though. Because they're in charge.

Fathers are biological necessities, but social accidents.

All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they're a good father, sometimes bad.

Real men change diapers!

I had five sisters and one brother, so having a big family is a given for me, but now being a father, and trying to be a good father, I already have my work cut out for me.

I think there are a lot of men who feel they're being emasculated by having the woman be in charge; I've never had that problem.

I'm the only girl out of three children. I have two younger brothers. I've grown up around boys and men my whole life. I get them. I get men.

I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.

There is too much fathering going on just now and there is no doubt about it fathers are depressing.

Past conference topics have included strengthening the role of fathers in children's lives, the impact of the media culture on children, the delicate balance between work and family, and family involvement in education.

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

I'm being a dad and a good husband.