Inspirational deadbeat dad quotes will inspire you to dig a little deeper and extend your viewpoint than you normally would.

Any parent who is not economically responsible for his children is referred to as a “deadbeat dad.” A “deadbeat father” is a man who willingly becomes a parent but does not provide financial assistance for his children’s upbringing. A deadbeat mother, on the other hand, is a woman who neglects her obligations as a mother. Both words are often used by child – welfare agencies in the United States and Canada to describe parents who choose to abdicate their parental obligations and abandon their children. Parents who physically assault their child to an unpardonable level in the eyes of the law are referred to as “deadbeat parents.”

One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. It’s hard to keep track of them. – Rod Blagojevich

There’s nothing worse than a man that can be everything to everybody else except a father to their child. – Unknown

Deadbeat dads!! It is time to step up and be a man. Call your children and tell them sorry for being a piece of shit. Then actually stay around and be a positive force in their life. – Unknown

Having kids is not the same as being a parent. – Unknown

Deadbeat dads are like magicians, they pull lifetime disappearing acts. – unknown

There’s no point in having children if you’re not going to be home enough to father them. – Anthony Edwards

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A deadbeat is something I would never be. My dad left me behind and I would never do that to my children. – Unknown

A real man takes care of his kids no matter what the relationship is with the mother of his child. – unknown

Cleaning the house for my mom when she’s at work because all my stepdad does is play video games and won’t lift a finger. – Unknown

A greedy father has thieves for children. – Serbian Proverb

Dad didn’t call again tonight…Why do I get my hopes up? Unknown

A bad father has never a good son. – Latin Proverb

I wish Hallmark made a Deadbeat Dad Christmas card. I wish Hallmark made a Deadbeat Dad Christmas card. – Unknown

A father is a banker provided by nature. – Proverb

I promised myself to be a better father to my kids than my dad… – Unknown

He broke promises, was abusive physically and mentally, never was around, and caused my life to be a living hell. – Unknown

You wanted to kill your father in odor father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father. – Sigmund Freud

Those of you who do have a father cherish every moment, I don’t know what it’s like because my dad was never there for me. – Unknown

Be more than a father, be a dad. Be more than a figure, be an example. – Steve Maraboli

Deadbeat Dad Quotes from Daughter

The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage.

A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, ‘Daddy, I need to ask you something,’ he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we’re supposed to make.

We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else’s idea of our happiness – what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, ‘Just be happy – to be a cobbler or go live with goats.’

It is a holy blessing to be born with the exquisite qualities of a daughter of God.

Women of God, both old and young, are spiritual and sensitive, tender and gentle. They have a kind, nurturing nature. This is your inheritance.

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Never belittle the gifts God has given to you. Develop the divinity that is within you.

When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that’s happened that day just melts away.

I was given such a great gift. It’s a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day.

Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose.

I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I’ll be. I just want to be a better man.

My earthly father was never there, he left my mother in despair. He spoke cruel words and did not care. He caused many tears and gave me much fear. – Unknown

It doesn’t matter who my father was. It matters who I remember he was. – Anne Sexton

Many people think of child support when they think of deadbeat dads; however, these dads also may classify as deadbeats if they refuse to care adequately for their children. – Unknown

Deadbeat Father Quotes

Becoming a father is easy enough, but being one can be very rough. – Wilhelm Busch

Deadbeat dads should be publicly flogged! All parents SHOULD live up to their obligations. – Unknown

In reality, the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones. – Louis de Bernieres

Deadbeat dads simply do not like the rules and many will move, remarry, change names, and work for cash to avoid any parental responsibility. – Unknown

If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. – Arabic Proverb

Deadbeat dads don’t pay child support. They minimize their taxable income to cheat their kids. – Unknown

The surest way to a child’s heart is to spend time with them. – Kevin Heath

Deadbeat dads are full of hatred, vengeance, and spite. They plunge their kids into poverty or deny them middle-class comfort, just to punish their former partners. – Unknown

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Your children will become what you are; so be what you want them to be. – David Bly

Deadbeat dads are the real trash of the world. Next are abusers. – Unknown

Kids are like a mirror, what they see and hear they do. Be a good reflection for them. – K. Heath

Deadbeat dads are all over the place, it’s almost kind of common… but when a mother leaves her child, people think “how could a woman do that???” – Unknown

As your kids grow up they may forget what you said, but they won’t forget how you made them feel. – Kevin Heath

Deadbeat dads are the lowest form of life on earth. – Unknown

There’s t in having children if you’re not going to be home enough to father them. – Anthony Edwards

Sarcastic Quotes About Deadbeat Dads

To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its ass. – Anne Lamott

My mind cannot grasp forever,” she told him. “There must surely be an end somewhere. But the big question is-what is beyond the end? – Mary Balogh

I was wrong, I thought to myself. I honestly believed it. Not because Sister Louise told me or because she made me believe I was. I knew deep down that I was wrong and I think that my emancipation began at that moment. – Melina Marchetta

My two sisters were always cooking. I wanted to be in the police force, but I didn’t get in because I just so happened to procrastinate a bit, and I hadn’t gotten my application in at the right time. – April Bloomfield

All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient products in the world, and global marketing. – Akio Morita

Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.

I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.

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Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

A father is a banker provided by nature. – French Proverb

He broke promises, was abusive physically and mentally, never was around, and caused my life to be a living hell. – Unknown

You wanted to kill your father in odor father yourself. Now you are your father, but a dead father. – Sigmund Freud

Those of you who do have a father cherish every moment, I don’t know what it’s like because my dad was never there for me. – Unknown

Be more than a father, be a dad. Be more than a figure, be an example. – Steve Maraboli

Deadbeat Dad Quotes from Son

Deadbeat dads are like a plague on society and all should be neutered with a rusty breadknife. – Unknown

Your children need your presence more than your presents. – Jesse Jackson

Deadbeat dads are like serial killers, there are a few of them out there, but most of the time what your dealing with is dead broke and dead-bolted – Unknown

What a child doesn’t receive he can seldom later give. – P.D. James

Most deadbeat dads are frightened, angry, and depressed men. – Unknown

My father was a food lover and a deadbeat dad, and maybe a connection between good food and bad dads was forged early, in the deepest folds of my subconscious, where we make so many decisions about our parents. – J. R. Moehringer

There are no illegitimate children only illegitimate parents. – Leon R. Yankwich

It began to rat away with me that in the ’60s the federal government, desiring to help poor moms who were dealing with deadbeat dads, decided, ‘We’ll help: we’ll give a check for every child you can have out of wedlock. – Louie Gohmert

I know an alcoholic is the worse, but sometimes I wonder if it’s better to have a drinking father that lives at home, or a drinking father, that never comes around. – Anthony Liccione

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Fathers, you are the head and strength of the family unit. If you are not in place, there is a weakness in the link. – Anita R. Sneed Carter

I’ve hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I’m a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That’s what I get for being a single dad – suspicious looks at the playground. – Dominic West

Fathers in today’s modern families can be so many things. – Oliver Hudson

Men made God in their image, and he’s a deadbeat dad. Never sends money, doesn’t come to visit, and can’t get him on the phone. – Mimi Gonzalez

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. – Ann Landers

How do you know I’m a deadbeat? I haven’t been here long enough. – Daniel Decatur Emmett

Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy! – Philip Whitmore

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father. – Pope John XXIII