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"Ryan Phillippe has revealed that he rates being a father above everything else. The Lincoln Lawyer actor, who has 11-year-old daughter Ava and seven-year-old Deacon with ex-wife Reese Witherspoon, explained that he&amp;#039;s always loved children. He said: &amp;quot;I love kids! Becoming a dad was a natural transition for me to make because my mum ran a day care centre in our house and so I grew up around a lot of kids. &amp;quot;Being a father is the greatest achievement and the most important thing about me. I have two great kids, no question.&amp;quot; The 36-year-old, who is dating Amanda Seyfried, said that he&amp;#039;s started teaching his kids the martial art Tae-Kwon-Do. He added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve always been a big martial arts guy. I studied Tae-Kwon-Do from the age of eight and I&amp;#039;ve been teaching it to my kids. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s the ideal form of self defence and it keeps me fit. I&amp;#039;m not big on going to the gym every day. I like to mix my exercise up.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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