--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: A father is not someone who puts pictures…" description: "\"A father is not someone who puts pictures up online, but has not seen them in five years.\" — Anonymous" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/anonymous-1_father_a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-picture_2711472.jpg" --- # A father is not someone who puts pictures up online, but… ![“A father is not someone who puts pictures up online, but has not seen them in five years.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/anonymous-1_father_a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-picture_2711472.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/anonymous-1_father_a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-picture_2711472.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/anonymous-1_father_a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-picture_2711472.jpg) > “A father is not someone who puts pictures up online, but has not seen them in five years.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A father neglects to view his children's pictures, highlighting emotional distance despite digital presence. **In simple terms:** Father absent despite online pictures. Key Takeaway Prioritize real connection over online. Themes family neglect digital age Mood sad concerned Type social reflective When to use this quote - family gatherings - online sharing - parent‑child relationships Key Concepts parental involvement technology Questions to Reflect On - How can fathers stay emotionally present? - What role does technology play in family bonds? A Different Perspective May oversimplify complex family dynamics. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) [Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/) ## Related quotes > [To be a father is not simply to bring a child into this world. It is to take care of that child and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lilian-thuram/to-be-a-father-is-not-simply-to-bring-a-child-into-this-world-it-is/) [Lilian Thuram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lilian-thuram/) > [The early pictures of me you see online, in just T-shirts and hoodies - I'm still that guy with the hoodie. But what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariel-pink/the-early-pictures-of-me-you-see-online-in-just-t-shirts-and-hoodies/) [Ariel Pink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariel-pink/) > [“Some of them she had seen for four years without exchanging a word. But that was how high school worked; it issued a verdict…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/some-of-them-she-had-seen-for-four-years-without-exchanging-a-word/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [We are living in a state of constant scientific revolution. There is not a single area that you can name that is now seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terence-mckenna/we-are-living-in-a-state-of-constant-scientific-revolution-there-is/) [Terence McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terence-mckenna/) > [I realized that when two people function well together at work, it doesn't matter if they hadn't seen each other for years. What they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-cruz/i-realized-that-when-two-people-function-well-together-at-work-it/) [Penelope Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-cruz/) > [A lot of times people have issues with me because they don't understand where I'm coming from and haven't seen the years and years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/girl-talk/a-lot-of-times-people-have-issues-with-me-because-they-don-t/) [Girl Talk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/girl-talk/) > [I'm around my father all of the time, so the things that people see as distracting are things I've seen for years on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-eubank-jr/i-m-around-my-father-all-of-the-time-so-the-things-that-people-see-as/) [Chris Eubank Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-eubank-jr/) > [I think that happens every five years or so when 'Friends' moves to a different channel. I think basically everybody has seen it now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-baxendale/i-think-that-happens-every-five-years-or-so-when-friends-moves-to-a/) [Helen Baxendale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-baxendale/) > [Real friends were the kind where you pick up where you'd left off, whether it be a week since you'd seen each other or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jojo-moyes/real-friends-were-the-kind-where-you-pick-up-where-you-d-left-off/) [Jojo Moyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jojo-moyes/) > [“I don’t remember you being this bitter or twisted five years ago. What the hell has happened to you?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-don-t-remember-you-being-this-bitter-or-twisted-five-years-ago-what/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Just several years ago, Shaykh Kabbani, who is the head of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, when he was speaking at the State…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/just-several-years-ago-shaykh-kabbani-who-is-the-head-of-the-islamic/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“The saying fits most every day of the year. In San Diego, near the ocean, it’s never bitterly cold and it’s never oppressively hot.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-saying-fits-most-every-day-of-the-year-in-san-diego-near-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Having clear goals is a way of shaping your future. Where you are today, is partly a result of what you did or didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/having-clear-goals-is-a-way-of-shaping-your-future-where-you-are/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/one-belongs-to-new-york-instantly-one-belongs-to-it-as-much-in-five/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“A clear look back on the Cold War's battlegrounds, along with a sense of relief that the world survived forty-five years of confrontation, evokes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-clear-look-back-on-the-cold-war-s-battlegrounds-along-with-a-sense/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Father quotes > [Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-denver/whatever-meaning-annie-s-song-had-for-me-on-a-personal-level-there/) [John Denver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-denver/) > [Of all the people who have affected my life and influenced the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-atlas/of-all-the-people-who-have-affected-my-life-and-influenced-the/) [Teddy Atlas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-atlas/) > [(knitting while on a motorcycle) "For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-zimmermann/knitting-while-on-a-motorcycle-for-several-years-she-knitted-in/) [Elizabeth Zimmermann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-zimmermann/) > [My embarrassing confession is that my father is a 'Camelot: The Musical' obsessive. So as a child, when we were going to visit relatives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-chibnall/my-embarrassing-confession-is-that-my-father-is-a-camelot-the-musical/) [Chris Chibnall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-chibnall/) > [My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-mclean/my-parents-were-not-musical-and-they-were-not-effervescent-people/) [Don McLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-mclean/) > [“My father called twice and left a voicemail—who does that?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-erickson/my-father-called-twice-and-left-a-voicemail-who-does-that/) [Megan Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-erickson/) > [My father longed for a better life for us, and when I was nine he got a job as a heart surgeon in Belfast.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-melua/my-father-longed-for-a-better-life-for-us-and-when-i-was-nine-he-got/) [Katie Melua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-melua/) > [I guess, it's a father's dream for his daughter to be known around the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liza-soberano/i-guess-it-s-a-father-s-dream-for-his-daughter-to-be-known-around-the/) [Liza Soberano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liza-soberano/) > [The old men of the village of Mahotière say that the Mistress of the Water is a mulatto woman. At midnight she comes out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-roumain/the-old-men-of-the-village-of-mahoti-re-say-that-the-mistress-of-the/) [Jacques Roumain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-roumain/) > [“I don’t know. We all have to bear things, Ari. All of us. Your father has to bear the war and what it did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-don-t-know-we-all-have-to-bear-things-ari-all-of-us-your-father-has/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“This was, I sometimes thought, the last gift my father gave me. And the best: His death stood out as the supreme-o excuse for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-stahl/this-was-i-sometimes-thought-the-last-gift-my-father-gave-me-and-the/) [Jerry Stahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-stahl/) > [My father was very encouraging.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paolo-nutini/my-father-was-very-encouraging/) [Paolo Nutini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paolo-nutini/) > [I'm a strange mixture of my mother's curiosity; my father, who grew up the son of the manse in a Presbyterian family, who had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-murdoch/i-m-a-strange-mixture-of-my-mother-s-curiosity-my-father-who-grew-up/) [Rupert Murdoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-murdoch/) > [It is a sweet thing that we serve a dissatisfied God who has destinations in mind for us that we would never choose for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-david-tripp/it-is-a-sweet-thing-that-we-serve-a-dissatisfied-god-who-has/) [Paul David Tripp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-david-tripp/) > [Liesel observed the strangeness of her foster father's eyes. They were made of kindness, and silver.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/liesel-observed-the-strangeness-of-her-foster-father-s-eyes-they-were/) [Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/) [Browse all 19,784 Father quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A father is not someone who puts pictures up online, but has not seen them in five years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-pictures-up-online-but-has-not-seen/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Father" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-pictures-up-online-but-has-not-seen/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/anonymous-1_father_a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-picture_2711472.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/anonymous-1_father_a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-picture_2711472.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/908/anonymous-1_father_a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-picture_2711472.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A father is not someone who puts pictures up online, but has not seen them in five years.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "A father is not someone who...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-pictures-up-online-but-has-not-seen/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-father-is-not-someone-who-puts-pictures-up-online-but-has-not-seen/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```