An involved father is any dad who has made changes to his life, whether temporary or permanent, in order to meet the daily needs of his children or to spend more time with them.
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Woods said it was a family tradition to play golf against his dad on Father's Day, and then get home in time to watch the last round of the US Open.
Emmy winning TV host Rita Cosby knew her father to be American Connecticut dad Richard Cosby.
Before my dad passed on he told Janey that she would have to be my father figure, and though she isn't my dad, she is the next best thing.
Stan - Thanks to a contest at a local mall in upstate New York, this Father's Day will be my dad's first with cable television in quite a few years.
Whether you're a military dad returning from deployment or a father doing his best to make ends meet for his family in a tough economy, being a parent isn't easy.
All of us can support those who are willing to step up and be father figures to those children growing up without a dad.
Connor, sprawled on the sofa leaning against his dad, also speaks poignantly about how his father has changed.
Alex's mom, a white woman from Long Island, had a troubled relationship with her own father as a result of her dating Alex's dad, a black man from Georgia.
After his father's battle with cancer, Nick and his dad had stayed at Penny's sprawling house, with its 12-foot-tall entryway, its waterfalls by the swimming pool and movie room with leather recliners and a screen the size of a small-town cinema.
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Matt Snoddy, an IT consultant, had set up shop with his dad in the same Lexington building, where their father-son relationship strengthened.
Jon's father was an alcoholic with whom he had no relationship until his dad sobered up at age 65.
Nathan Evans said his father "was always generous to me, he was a great dad, despite the way he was with others".
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But that was an entirely different circumstance: That Chicago Bulls clincher took place on Father's Day, and Jordan was still mourning for his dad, who had been murdered three years prior.
The boys' father didn't like the idea, but he was a good dad.
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Mr Afshar says at first he noticed when they talked, his dad's tone was a little cold but now his father also seems relieved.
To get the dad's perspective, I spoke with Brandon Wheeler, a father to three girls (gulp) who lives in Atlanta.
He spoke of his childhood as a military brat, of his father's heroism in wartime and his mother's own heroics while Dad was away.
His father died in September 2004, and Manglik attended the funeral, watching his dad's ashes sink into the same stretch of river where the elder Manglik had swum as a boy.
So as a father of two young girls, I've tried hard to be a good dad.
Snoddy and his father shared a love for flying -- Matt Snoddy as a pilot and his dad as a passenger.
"I went back to all of my old stuff that my dad and I used to work on, " revealed Woods, whose father Earl died five years ago.
"He saw the accident and he tried to warn his dad to say avoid Flamingo (Road)" because he knew his father was nearby at the Rio casino, Tehran Boldon said.
The boy told police "he was tired of his dad hitting him and his mom, " and that he thought his father was having an affair that might contribute to the family's break-up.
It was my stepmother, Janey Hovenden, who really had the hardest time when my father was suffering from ALS. For three years, she juggled work, my dad and me with virtually no breaks, but she never gave up.
And as the company touted the features, it showed a father driving his child around, and when the kid starts to cry, the dad freaks out and has to quickly call the mom to calm the baby down.
"'Dad, you need a vacuum in here, '" she told her father, Giammarco said.
Though her father is country legend Hank Williams, Junior, Holly's time spent with her dad mostly took place when he was off the road and away from the spotlight.
Mistry lived in Cardiff "for quite a bit", as he followed his hospital consultant father around the country, and was working in a south Wales bar when he told his dad he wanted to be an actor.
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