Naked Adventures in Fatherhood

"I do all the things now that I saw other fathers do that I swore I'd never do," says Burt Reynolds, much better know for his Cosmo centerfold, dating adventures and movies than as the father of an 18-year-old (from his five-year marriage with actress Loni Anderson). "... it's a comedy of errors [living with Quinton]; we could probably have done a television series about it. It's like: 'Why didn't you call me? Where are you going? What are you doing?'"

Reynolds credits lessons from his father — who agreed to adopt the friend Reynolds brought home after learning he being abused in his home — as inspiring his own parenting ways. In addition to trying to do right by his son, he has also done over 40 years of charity work on behalf of children.

With that background and able to talk football — Reynolds first attended Florida State University on a football scholarship — perhaps he could be persuaded to impart some of those lessons to prolific procreator Travis Henry . The Denver Broncos running back has nine kids with nine women in four states. But don't worry, his attorney says he's "a really committed father." (Ironic and unlikely, unless the last "er" was dropped.)

** There is always the tension as a father about to hide from your kids. **