When Jack was with his father in NYC, his mother was on the other side of the world so no surprise there.

Dennis has said in the past he would not move to Texas untill his son had finished highschool. Things have changed, I guess.

If his son Jack really wants to be an actor, I think it’s safe to assume he will go to university in NYC or LA, not in Texas.

The kid’s mother was on the other side of the world that week, so no wonder he spent time with his father for those days.

I doubt his son will want to go to a Texas university if he wants to become a performer. It sounds like he will go to university on the Eastcoast. Which will be close to where his mom will be living once he finishes highschool.

I know that Jack Quaid accompanied his dad in late March when Dennis spoke near D.C. at journalists’ medical conference. During this trip Jack was shown off stage during his dad’s Today show appearance making his dad really laugh. Jack appears to be a real perforner.

During the same trip, Dennis and Jack were looking over some eastern colleges…particularly ones with good film schools. Dennis was hoping at one time that Jack would choose the U of TX in Austin. He still may do so.

It may be a bit disingenuous to make remarks about which parent Jack wants to spend time with based upon a single day. None of us know these people, but from what I hear from a friend who has Quaid as a client, Jack is a great kid and shares his time with both parents.

I think Mrs. Quaid is from Texas (along with the Quaid family.) I imagine he sees his son Jack frequently.

Unfortunately he doesn’t see much of Jack anyway. For some reason Jack wasn’t with his dad’s new family in Maui to see him get his award and to spend Father’s Day with him. Instead he is here on the Vineyard with his mom Meg Ryan. Oh well, Jack is old enough to make his own decisions now and I suppose he chose his mom.

It doesn’t say when they are planning to move. I hope he waits a few more years. Otherwise he will not see much of his 16 year old son outside of vacations.

From the Austin American Statesman:

Dennis Quaid confirms that he plans to raise his twins in Austin, hometown to his wife, Kimberly Buffington. The star, who testified before U.S. Congress recently on medical safety after his infants were given overdoses of Heparin in the hospital, wants his children to grow up in a less stressful environment than Los Angeles.

“The train is going down the tracks. We have a lot of family there and we have a really nice plot of land,” he told Extra television magazine at the Maui Film Festival. “We have 30 or 40 friends and family members within two miles of us. It’s kind of a no-brainer.” Quaid purchased the land on Lake Austin after meeting and marrying Buffington, a real estate agent, three years.

“I’ve always loved Austin,” Quaid told us in 2005. “It has a sense of community you can’t get anywhere else.”

A sidebar on media ignorance of Texas geography: Many online news sources report the family is moving to Quaid’s native Houston, assuming that’s what he meant when he said he was going back to Texas.

There are plenty of places like Katy where you can get nice land. Houston is a great place to raise kids. Either way, they’re only a couple of hours from Austin. I see family in New Braunfels and Fredericksburg all the time, the trips aren’t bad, especially to Austin. But someone mentioned Austin is much safer than Houston…he’s not talking about living in the city, lol he’s talking about a suburb or small town outside of Houston…not dangerous.

Britt…he said “right outside of Houston” There are beautiful stretches of land there. Im from Houston as well and I always hate when people dog on it.

I’m from Houston as well and I’d much rather raise my children in Austin because it is more safe.