There’s a million ways to be a great dad. But the media tends to show us crummy ones, so men, dads, moms, and everyone need far more ideas about the array of behaviors that would qualify as ideal or close…
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Hero
[wpvideo 8golu2HG] Khaaliq Thomas is a professional photographer, custodial father of 3 children and is recently divorced. For the past year he has been working on a photo documentary concentrating on single/custodial father households. Purpose of The Project After fighting for…
Work-Life Balance
Two high-powered women in tech — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg — are leading the debate about women, equality in the workplace and work-life balance. This week on New Tech City, WNYC reporter Anna Sale talks to women in…
Don’t Call Him Mom, or an Imbecile
The hapless, bumbling father is a stock character in product marketing. He makes breakfast for dinner and is incapable of handling, or sometimes even noticing, a soggy diaper. He tries desperately to hide the crumb-strewn, dirt-streaked evidence of his poor…
The Hapless Dad No More…I hope
It’s the height of irony that since I became a mom, I have felt myself becoming a champion for fathers. Sure, before I had a kid, I liked dads all right. I love my daddy, and I knew my husband…
Politicians frightened to admit fathers are vital
Marriage is as important to the future of the nation as climate change and poverty, a senior family lawyer said yesterday. Baroness Deech said the growing numbers of families without fathers was doing more harm to the next generation than…
The rise of women does not require the fall of men
I read a great article by Christina Hoff Sommers recently. I think it points out many things we choose to ignore. Read the full article HERE As one critic told me recently, the classroom is no more rigged against boys…
Dads Weigh In On Why Boys Fall Behind
Host Michel Martin continues the conversation about why boys fall behind in school. She speaks with a group of parents and experts: author Christina Hoff Sommers, New York University education professor Pedro Noguera, University of Virginia Dean Bob Pianta, and…
Stay At Home Dads Are here To Stay
Perhaps you’ve seen them on the playground. At pre-school drop off, karate practice, or piano lessons. Pushing strollers or running after toddlers. Or even on the small screen, in TV shows like Up All Night. They are: The stay-at-home dads, and…
The Evolution of Divorce
by W. Bradford Wilcox – National Affairs In 1969, Governor Ronald Reagan of California made what he later admitted was one of the biggest mistakes of his political life. Seeking to eliminate the strife and deception often associated with the…
Mr. Mom is dead.
From the Wall Street Journal article “At-Home Dads Make Parenting More of a ‘Guy’ Thing” Mr. Mom is dead. At least, the pop-culture image of the inept dad who wouldn’t know a diaper genie from a garbage disposal has begun…
A Feminist Mother’s Perspective On Why Father’s Matter
There is great stuff on the site Good Men Project. I like to hear things from a woman’s perspective. Sometimes it is best for people to hear things from women because they might find it easier to hear. What she…
Marry Him!
[brightcove vid=61579023001&exp3=1054655355001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=29913724001&pk=AQ~~,AAAABvb_NGE~,DMkZt2E6wO3_sfth6vHgTpNZZSEwcydt&w=300&h=225] Lori Gottlieb explains why women should stop holding out for Mr. Right From The Atlantic: “Ah, this is the dream,” I said, and we nodded in silence for a minute, then burst out laughing. In some ways, I…
Manhood & Anger – What Dads Can Teach
In a recent post in Psychology Today , Mark Banschick, M.D wrote a great explanation of the connection between fathers and sons and why fathers are needed. Single parenthood is not easy for fathers or mothers. The notion of choosing single parenthood…
Knock Knock – Daniel Beaty
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E0DMcZ23kE&w=420&h=315] Find out more about him here: http://danielbeaty.com/wordpress/
Stay at Home Dad: Sacked : A Physical Education
I have been checking out the other videos of this guy on Youtube for a while. I think this is one of the funniest. When Brandon has a meeting with his son’s PE coach, he soon discovers that they don’t…
Truth
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THIS happened ten years ago at 10:10AM Jan 21st, 2003. I remember it like it was…10 years ago. Time really flies. I have spent just about every single day with my daughter. That evil place called family court could not…
Why Young Men Are Giving Up On Marriage
Suzanne Venker’s article, “The War on Men,” which appeared on the website of Fox News in late November, has become a lodestone for feminist writers who have attacked her position that the institution of marriage is threatened, not enhanced, by…
Daddy Is Babysitting Tonight
I found a great rebuttal to a post on another site regarding a father being a babysitter. I used to get asked that kind of question while I was with my kids all the time. Daddy day? When is mommy…
