Love Man Barry White's Parenting Tips

Barry White might seem like a big ol' pussycat, but the 1970s singing phenom remembers being a real tiger when it came to protecting his daughters from the opposite sex.

White made a fortune with testosterone-driven love songs such as "I'm in Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" but he tells Playboy that he never stood for any actual hanky-panky between his five daughters and their dates. Would-be suitors showing up at the house were met with an unusual line of questioning from the imposing White: "I'd say to a young boy, 'What do you want with my daughter? You want to get between her legs, don't you? I know she's killing you, but is it her beauty that's killing you or the fact that you want to be with her sexually?' "

"That would always get them!" recalls White, 55, now a grandfather with 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. "I always find that honesty is the best policy when you're dealing with my daughters."

"I taught my children many, many things, but I told my daughters, 'You have a power once in your life. When you give that power to somebody, you have to make damn sure that you're right in what you're thinking about that person. What is the one thing that men seek from women more than anything? Sex. That is women's power. Men'll rape or even kill for it. This is a driving force in man that is so great it's scary. You're going to just hand that away?' "