--- title: Jurassic World Star Chris Pratt Tells Emotional Story of Premature Son description: He shares a touching, emotional story about his son's premature birth canonical: https://time.com/3623275/chris-pratt-being-a-dad/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-08T16:15:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:05.341Z og:title: Chris Pratt Says Being a Dad Is So Much More Awesome Than Being an Actor og:description: He shares a touching, emotional story about his son's premature birth og:url: https://time.com/3623275/chris-pratt-being-a-dad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4265ec0f80953f1/6986a201e8524bcc846048b1/186609411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1996 og:image:height: 1123 og:image:alt: Chris Pratt og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Pratt Says Being a Dad Is So Much More Awesome Than Being an Actor twitter:description: He shares a touching, emotional story about his son's premature birth twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4265ec0f80953f1/6986a201e8524bcc846048b1/186609411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chris Pratt Says Being a Dad Is So Much More Awesome Than Being an Actor > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 8, 2014 4:15 PM UTC  BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 01: Chris Pratt at the "Delivery Man" Press Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel on November 1, 2013 in Beverly Hills City. (Photo by Vera Anderson/WireImage) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - NOVEMBER 01: Chris Pratt at the "Delivery Man" Press Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel on November 1, 2013 in Beverly Hills City. (Photo by Vera Anderson/WireImage) Vera Anderson—WireImage / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Dec 8, 2014 4:15 PM UTC On Friday, Chris Pratt took a break from being [fun](http://time.com/3082527/chris-pratt-raps-eminem-forget-about-dre/) and [charming](http://time.com/3269138/chris-pratt-first-pitch-at-cubs-game/) and [adorable](http://time.com/3024505/chris-pratt-french-braid-hair/) to get a little more reflective and emotional. He attended the [March of Dimes](http://www.marchofdimes.org/) Celebration of Babies, where he shared the story of his son Jack, who was born prematurely. His wife, actress Anna Faris, had Jack nine weeks early, Pratt explains, and he was just 3 pounds, 12 ounces. Of course, Pratt still managed to include humor in his touching speech. “That’s a decent-sized bass,” he joked. “Very small for a human.” He went on [to explain](http://variety.com/2014/scene/news/chris-pratt-shares-his-sons-premature-birth-story-at-march-of-dimes-celebration-of-babies-1201372276/) what fatherhood now means to him: --- > “” --- After a month in the NICU, Jack went home. “Our Jack went from a small, helpless little squirt to a strong, smart, happy, funny, beautiful boy who loves monster trucks and ‘Daniel Tiger,’ and, believe it or not, loves vegetables,” Pratt said. “Broccoli and cherry tomatoes are his favorite foods.” Here’s Pratt, Faris and Jack celebrating Thanksgiving this year: > [](https://twitter.com/prattprattpratt/status/538149110616817664) We have a feeling Pratt is also a really great dad [to his pug.](http://8p4qd47fp4ia5bn1xu2am1e4f.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/AC%5F8058B.jpg) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3623275/chris-pratt-being-a-dad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3623275/chris-pratt-being-a-dad/"},"headline":"Chris Pratt Says Being a Dad Is So Much More Awesome Than Being an Actor","datePublished":"2014-12-08T16:15:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:05.341Z","description":"He shares a touching, emotional story about his son's premature birth","url":"https://time.com/3623275/chris-pratt-being-a-dad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Fatherhood","celebrity","chris pratt"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4265ec0f80953f1/6986a201e8524bcc846048b1/186609411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd4265ec0f80953f1/6986a201e8524bcc846048b1/186609411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Pratt","caption":"\"Delivery Man\" Press Conference","creditText":"Vera Anderson—WireImage / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3623275/chris-pratt-being-a-dad/","name":"Chris Pratt Says Being a Dad Is So Much More Awesome Than Being an Actor"}}]}] ```