How many children do you have?
Sam: None. Not yet. Someday I'd like to have children. I think.
Dean: Technically, none. Theoretically, one. Realistically – sometimes it feels like two.
John:That's really none of your business.

How old are they?
Sam: Well, since they don't exist yet – zero.
Dean: twenty-three and fifty-two. (and some days they both act like they're twelve.)
John: Still none of your business.

Can you tell us one special thing about each of your children?
Sam: If I could tell you one special thing about my kids, I'd want it to be that they take after their mother.
Dean: Just one thing? Nope, can't tell you just one special thing. Give me a year and I might just be able to fill you in.
John: They're strong, they're smart, they're compassionate, they're determined – how long do you want me to go on? Because there isn't one thing that isn't special about my kids. If I have to pick one thing – Sammy can see the whole picture and focus on the individual. Dean can zero in on the details and see everything.

What are their strong points?
Sam: In this family? They better have a bullet proof sense of humor.
Dean: Strength, intelligence, compassion, determination, dependability, resourcefulness – how much ink do you have?
John: Their concern for the other guy. Their concern for each other. The fact that they can and will go toe to toe with their old man whenever they have to.

Do your children call you by name?
Sam: I don't think children should call their parents by their given names. To me it denotes a lack of respect on the part of the child, and an implied abrogation of authority on the part of the parent.
Dean: Yeah, they do. They call my name alllllllllllll the time.
John: They call me by both names: Dad or Sir.

How do you handle sibling rivalry?
Sam: By ignoring my sibling.
Dean: It doesn't bother me, I know Sammy's just jealous because I'm the taller, smarter, better looking brother.
John: Rivalry? My boys would die for each other.

Would you allow your son or daughter to pierce body parts?
Sam: That's a hard question. On the one hand, I'd want my kids to have autonomy in their choices and decisions. On the other hand – if they change their mind later, there will still always be a physical scar.
Dean: My daughter can pierce her ears. My daughter. Her ears. Her ear lobes. And only once in each ear.
John: depends – whose body parts we talking about?

Would you allow your child to get a tattoo?
Sam: Well, same as the piercing – it's a personal choice, once a child is old enough to make it for themselves. But it's also hard to undo if they change their mind.
Dean: there have been times I wish I could tattoo "If found, please return to Dean…" on both of them!
John: yeah, like they'd ask my permission first.

About how many hours a week do you spend doing things as a family?
Sam: one hundred and sixty eight.
Dean: what, like I'm supposed to count the hours? I spend all the good hours of my week with my family.
John: not nearly enough. There isn't too much time in the world to spend with my boys.

Are you careful about your child's diet?
Sam: I don't know if I'd call it 'careful', but I'd want to be sure they ate a healthy, balanced diet.
Dean: like our friend Pastor Jim says, "Y'gotta eat a peck of dirt before you die."
John: Yeah, I'm always careful that they don't starve.

Are there any foods that you do not let your children eat?
Sam: again, as long as they eat a healthy diet, anything else in moderation would be all right.
Dean: I wouldn't let them eat stuff they're allergic to. You know, that's just common sense.
John: yeah, I don't let them eat food that I don't know who or where it came from.

Are there any sports that you consider too dangerous to allow your child to try?
Sam: As long as my child was physically capable of participating, I'd let them try.
Dean: Bowling. There's a danger of being bored to death.
John: No. There's nothing my boys can't handle when they put their minds to it.

What is your favorite children's book?
Sam: I liked Harold and His Purple crayon. He was stuck in a room but he still managed to create worlds for himself. You know?
Dean: Bunnicula. I scared the crap out of my brother reading him that book when he was four.
John: Whatever my boys wanted me to read to them.

Do you help your children with their homework?
Sam: I'd help my kids, sure.
Dean: Yeah, I'd help them. Of course I would.
John: I tried to help them, but they got smarter than me – fast. Like third grade fast. After that, they were teaching me things.

Do you think you do or would spoil your child?
Sam: No, of course not. Well, yeah, probably. I'd want to give them everything.
Dean: My kid wouldn't be spoiled. My kid would be perfect.
John: I wish I could spoil my kids. Sometimes just stopping for an ice cream is spoiling them. I'd give them the world if I could.

Have you ever changed cloth diapers with safety pins and rubber pants?
Sam: I've never changed any diapers of any kind before.
Dean: I prefer the "fill & toss" kind.
John: what else would you change them with?

Do you think you are or would be a good parent?
Sam: I want to be a good parent. But – can that question ever truly be answered until long after the parent is dead and the kids are parents themselves?
Dean: I'd be an awesome Dad! You know – if I ever get the chance.
John: I guess you'd have to ask my boys. But – looking at them, the men they've grown into, I guess I'm not as bad a father as I sometimes feel.

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