A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.

But the love of adventure was in father's blood.

I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house or seeing his father completely smashed.

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense.