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Tom Bradford definitely wins my award for being the most overwhelmed yet calming TV dad. Bradford, played by the amazing Dick Van Patten, was raising eight children. At one point he was responsible for all of those kids on his own after the untimely passing of actress Diana Hyland.
Despite all of the adversity he faced, Bradford managed to wrangle his children together while imparting his knowledge on the large brood. What strikes me as most amazing is that he found time individually for his children, that’s a tall task even when only three to four kids are growing up in the same home.
