The ship, he says several times, is a family, and he is the protective, occasionally indulgent father.

Ben certainly wasn't ready, though, to rush home to play protective father.

It shows the realistic relationships of a protective father and teenage daughter, the conflict that naturally occurs in that relationship.

A happy marriage, a husband and wife that love each other, a mother and father protective of their children.

Perhaps due to his nature as a protective, devout father, children often responded to him very positively.

Surviving sources are unanimous in declaring him a loving, trusting and protective father to his first son.

Despite the shock when she finds herself with child by an outsider, they spirit her across the water to her father's protective embrace.

Chris, plays basketball for money, lives with his mother and strict, protective father, and is another of Midnight's close friends.

Intensely devoted to his sons, he is a proud and protective father so long as they follow his agenda.

Doc had issued his warning like a protective father, and Griffin had received the message.