Genetics probably plays a role, and it could turn out the plenty
of workaholic dads still end up close to their teenaged kids.
Not exact matches
Our mother was in and out
of the hospital in the years before she died, and when
dad was in charge, we were at the mercy
of quick meals from a
workaholic during the work week.
And, I'm no shrink but I would suggest that you not connect your experience
of your
dad's
workaholic tendencies with your husband's; your husband is not your
dad, and your kids need not resent him for time doing what a farmer must do.
I know many guys are
workaholics and don't have time for a relationship, or they're just commitment - phobes and are tired
of being nagged by Mom and
Dad on the holidays.
But while he riffs, mugs, jokes and impersonates as a
workaholic developer -
dad who needs penguins to teach him that family comes first, the trio
of screenwriters show a lot
of alliterative love to Ophelia Lovibond («No Strings Attached»), who plays Popper's punctilious pal Friday, Pippi.
Disconnect shows us the Boyd's — a family comprised
of a
workaholic lawyer
dad (Jason Bateman always on the blackberry), a teenage daughter (Haley Ramm), a teenage loner son, and a mom (Hope Davis) who has no close bond with any
of them.