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Here's how you celebrated dad this past Father's Day

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Yesterday was dedicated to the awesomeness of dads - whether biological or honourary. 

A perfect reminder that there's no denying how much fathers mean to their kids— no matter the age. 

Here's our roundup of the sweetest Father's Day tributes from around the web.

"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." — Sigmund Freud

"It's only when you grow up and step back from him—or leave him for your own home—it's only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it."— Margaret Truman

"To her, the name of father was another name for love." — Fanny Fern, Fresh Leaves

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Bruce Jennings with daughter Aralyn. Photo published with kind permission from Parent24 reader Kelly Jennings. 

"Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song"— Pam Brown

"A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way." — Unknown

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Father and me. Photo published with kind permission from Parent24 reader Zulfa Fredericks. 

"The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family."— Reed Markham

"A father is someone you look up to no matter how tall you grow."

"It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us fathers..."— Johann Friedrich von Schiller

"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a Dad."— Anne Geddes

"My father didn't tell me how to live. He lived and let me watch him do it."— Clarence Budington Kelland

"I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by the little scraps of wisdom."— Umberto Eco

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