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The Dinner of a Lifetime with Oprah and Actor Sidney Poitier
Oprah's Book Club  |  January 01, 2006
Sidney on being the father of six girls


Sidney is the father of six daughters. So what was it like raising all those girls? "Girls were problematical in that they have to be protected because there are things out there in the world, in the schools, that can be problematical," he says.

What "things" is Sidney talking about? "Are you talking about boys?" Oprah laughs.

All joking aside, Sidney couldn't be prouder of his family. "My girls have grown up wonderfully well and are doing quite nicely," he says. "They have given me five grandchildren and a great-grandchild, and I'm happy with them as people, though, especially happy with them as people."
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