Slade wasn't much in contact with his kids, Grant was dead, Joseph avoided him like the plague, and Rose tried working with him all the time, trying to imitate him. That just annoyed him.

He still had a bit of fatherly instincts in him, he never showed it, but it still showed very, very rarely.

As you were training with him for a new team, you two raced each other over roof tops. Taking long jumps over gaps between the buildings, then you suddenly slipped and nearly fell. Slade quickly grabbed the hood on your outfit and held you there. He scolded you quietly and lifted you up.