Daughter to Dad: Be There and Be Accountable

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A daughter reflects on her father’s absence in her childhood, and offers a plea for him to be present for his grandchildren.

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Adventurous Travel Is Good For Your Kids

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Let’s use our annual family holidays to impart the lessons only adventurous travel provides.

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He’s Just a Little Boy

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Thaddeus Howze reminds us that our sons are not put on this earth to help us accomplish the things we wanted for ourselves.

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To my Son… Love, Your Dad

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One five year old’s superhero is slowly running out of time. Read this father’s letter to his growing boy.

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One Shot Away from Combustion: A Family of Angry Men

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David Stanley sees four generations of angry men in his family. Will they be able to control their tempers, or will the tempers control them?

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Getting Bit By the Overshare Bug: When Social Media Bites Back

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Although Rev. Evan Dolive loves social media on the whole, he has come to realize that—especially when it comes to children—less is more.

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Dad to Son: Be “More Manly!” (What Is This, 1950?)

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John Schwartz tells a tale of two brothers on the road to manliness.

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Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” And Its Lessons For Working Dads

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Four points from the memoir by Facebook’ COO make valuable lessons for fathers

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Why Implanting a Microchip in My Daughter Should Not Be a Good Idea

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Considering the women abducted as teens in Cleveland, Tom Burns schemes to control and protect his six-year-old daughter

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Fear in Watertown

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“Love, Recorded” during one crazy week in the Boston area. Was the fear the same for everyone?

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Happy Mother’s Day: Dad Bloggers Praise The Most Important Women In Their Lives

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“The most important thing a father can do for his children is love their mother.”—Theodore Hesburgh

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I Don’t Want My Children to be Better Than Me

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Chad Miller believes in intentional parenting — and helping the good traits carry forward to his children and the bad traits with him.

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One Tough Mother

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Novelist Benjamin Percy finds inspiration and fortitude in his mother, who once, in her third trimester, butchered an elk for 1,000 lbs of meat.

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What if One of My Kids Was Gay?

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Is there a difference between parenting gay sons and gay daughters? Doug Ziegler reflects.

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Mother’s Day Without Mom

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Martin Spinelli, bestselling author of After the Crash, shares 7 bits of wisdom for celebrating Mother’s Day and living every other day after Mom has passed on

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I’m a Terrible, Awful Parent

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Does our childish behavior make us bad parents? William Lucas Walker shares a snapshot of his own experience.

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