Ms Parker joked that she was more of a "custody mom" than a "weekend dad". Houston had got to eat its vegetables.

派克女士玩笑说，她更像是一个“监护妈妈”而不是“周末爸爸”，休斯敦必须忍受自己的痛苦。

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I can come back every weekend to see you, dad.

我每个周末会回来看你们的，爸爸。

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Dad: What did you do last weekend?

爸爸：你上周末做什么了？

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By way of explanation, he said at least half of his time would be spent in Iraq, Afghanistan and the US, with him becoming "a weekend dad".

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In an interview with CNN over the weekend, the dad spoke gently, softly about his boy.

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"I was lucky enough that I could go back to my family, so I just stayed at my mum and dad's for the weekend, " he says.

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