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((HOST: Emily Frances)) Hello everyone, this is Emily Frances and
welcome to How to Mom TV. Actor Dean Cain didn not just play Superman
on TV. If you ask his son, he is a superman in real life too.
I caught up with the former pro football player in our hometown of Malibu, California to talk
parenthood.
((Emily and Dean Cain Talk)) Emily: Being in the Malibu Country Mart park
do you have memories of being a child in this sand pit? Dean: it was such tiny sandpit then
its ridiculous. It has changed quite a bit. I have memories of my son being in sandpit
and he is too big to be there now.
((HOST: Emily Frances)) Dean has put his acting career in the backseat,
as his number 1 priority is his 2 year old son Christopher. After a lengthy custody battle,
Dean now has full custody of his son and says being a single dad is the single best job
in the world.
((Dean Cain, Actor & Single Dad)) Being a father is the greatest thing in the
world. I love my son more than anyone on the planet and my favorite thing to do is spend
time with him. I dont care what it is. Emily: What are the biggest challenges of balancing
career with being a single father? Dean: The challenge is you cant just make
career choices, you have to make life choices. I love where my son goes to school, he has
great friends here and I’m not gonna take him elsewhere. So I wont work outside of Los
Angeles for a series which is difficult because so many series film outside of los angeles.
That is the part of the balance, and I take a hit on my chin because I love my career
but I love my son more than that. Emily: Given you’re an athlete and actor are you wanting
to encourage your son to go into sports or the entertainment business? Dean. He has had
a tough time already with athletics. He ended up not playing tackle football, playing for
a bit and he was like “I dont love it and dont like getting smacked.” I liked getting
hit and there is a certain mindset for things. I encourage him to find his own path but I
do encourage him if he starts something he should finish it, be part of, do it right
and give your all. I push him in that way
((HOST: Emily Frances)) Deans most current project is “Hit the Floor”
on VH1. Stay tuned for more on my interview with Dean, where he talks adoption. He was
adopted and wants to adopt a child. Please go to our website and follow How to Mom TV
on Youtube and our social media channels. Thanks for watching and have a great day.