Look, Dad is going to be happy with whatever you get him, because he's Dad.

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Now, the one thing I looked forward to was waking up every morning and creeping into my parents' bedroom to look at my dad's thin and frail face making sure he had made it in safe the night before.

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' My son goes, 'Dad, look at you!'

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In connection with it, Mary wrote an articulate, factual and very helpful letter to the doctors explaining what to look for when examining her dad.

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Could it be that teenage rebellion needs to look different to what your mum and dad did?

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' Well, when she started to make a turn for the better, my dad said, 'Look, she's going to make it, so the pressure is off, you know.

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Still, the author, a beleaguered dad whose daily child-negotiation obligations make my own life look like a walk in the park, says that all the good advice from experts in the world is not good enough to stop him, his wife, and their friends from resorting to bribery.

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Have a look around this year's IPL, however, and cricket's dad's army is out in force.

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Nothing was said, and it was 10 more years until my Dad came out to me deliberately, but I knew it in that look.

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On the day, when my Dad got around to opening it, he gave me a very brief, startled look, before regaining his composure, saying thanks, and moving on to the next present.

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