Families — The Good Men Project

One Tough Mother

May 11, 2013 By Benjamin Percy 2 Comments

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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Filed Under: Editors' Picks, Families, Featured Content, Mother's Day Tagged With: author, feminine toughness, maternal strength, mother son relationships, mothers as role models, Red Moon, strong women, The Wilding

What if One of My Kids Was Gay?

May 11, 2013 By Doug Zeigler 2 Comments

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

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Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: biases, children, coming out, crazy parents, Doug Zeigler, gay child, gay females, gay males, happiness, homosexual, LGBT, Parenthood, Political Correctness, religion, Sex and Relationships, sexuality

Mother’s Day Without Mom

May 10, 2013 By Martin Spinelli 4 Comments

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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Filed Under: Families, Featured Content, Mother's Day Tagged With: accident, advice for raising kids who have lost a parent, advice on how to talk to your children about death, coping with death, father and son, fathers and sons, grieving, how to address people who have lost a loved one, losing your mother, mom, mother's day, surviving the death of a parent, talking about death with children, widower, widower parent

I’m a Terrible, Awful Parent

May 9, 2013 By William Lucas Walker Leave a Comment

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

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Filed Under: Editors' Picks, Families, Featured Content Tagged With: 101 Coffee Shop, bad parenting, breakdowns, dialogue, Families, fried chicken, friendship, good parenting, Huffington post, humor, LGBT, LGBT parents, Los Angeles, lunch dates, parenting, relationships, serendipity, The Velveteen Rabbit, William Lucas Walker

6 Tips To Encourage Your Son To Be A Gentleman

May 8, 2013 By Ken Myers 5 Comments

Chivalry might be dead but all we’re asking is for a little respect

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Filed Under: Families Tagged With: chivalry, good manners, How to Be a Gentleman, modeling manners for children, polite behavior in children, teaching kids respect

I Have a Job, Dad or Alive

May 7, 2013 By Dad or Alive 7 Comments

Telling a stay-at-home dad to get a job is a one-way ticket to picking your teeth up off the floor

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Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: Adrian Kulp, book release, dad blog memoir, Dad or Alive, funny parenting dad fatherhood stories, Men at Work, stay-at-home dad, workplace stereotypes

What Every Boy Needs From His Father

May 6, 2013 By Roland Warren 1 Comment

Roland Warren encourages fathers to ask themselves four questions.

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Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: Families, fathers, parenting, Raising Boys, Roland Warren, Sex and Relationships, sons

I Let My Son Fall and Fail

May 6, 2013 By Aaron Gouveia 51 Comments

A playground encounter forces a dad to assert his right to parent.

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Filed Under: Editors' Picks, Families, Trending Tagged With: differences between moms and dads, helicopter parent, how to parent, overprotective parents, parenting, parenting styles, playgrounds

Dear Dad, Thanks For Teaching Me How to Bait a Hook and Wear Dresses

May 5, 2013 By Clay Brizendine Leave a Comment

A daughter can finally see just how important the decisions her father made in raising her really were.

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Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: bait hook, be cool, conversation, dads, daughters, dresses, Families, insights, men, parenting, reflections, Sex and Relationships, Shoebox Letters

Discover Great Children’s Books From Around the World

May 4, 2013 By Jay Bushara Leave a Comment

The first in a series of micro reviews of rare, new or unique children’s books from One Potato.net

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Filed Under: Families Tagged With: Barbara Cooney, best children's books, children's favorites, European, great children's books, great illustrators, international, Miss Rumphius, onepotato.net, rare books, unique children's books, unusual, what to read to your kids

A Liberal and a Gun Nut Walk Into a Blog

May 3, 2013 By Dork Daddy 17 Comments

The debate over gun control and 2nd Amendment rights is stuck in an us vs them mentality

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Filed Under: Conflict, Editors' Picks, Families, Featured Content Tagged With: 2nd amendment, Gun Culture, gun enthusiast, gun nut, home safety, liberal, NRA, the argument over guns

Baby Hates the Mall (And So Do I)

May 2, 2013 By Dan Kimber 1 Comment

Dan Kimber just doesn’t like malls. Lucky for him, neither does his grandson.

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Filed Under: Families Tagged With: boy, family, grandson, mall, mall shopping, men, men hate malls, shopping

Long Live the Oversharing Dad Blogger

May 2, 2013 By Reservoir Dad 2 Comments

Accused of revealing too much, Aussie blogger Reservoir Dad prefers disclosure over discretion

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Filed Under: Families Tagged With: generation differences, honesty, house husbands, marital rituals, Married Sex, popularity of stay at home dads, stay at home dads on TV, Talking About Sex, the benefits of oversharing, TMI, too much information

Raising a Servant Leader

May 1, 2013 By Marie Roker-Jones 2 Comments

Society expects all children to achieve fame, power and wealth. But Marie Roker-Jones insists that a successful life comes from a lot more than winning.

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Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: building leadership qualities, christian parents, dads, Marie Roker-Jones, raising a servant leader, Raising Boys, raising great boys, teaching empathy, teaching leadership, what makes success

A Daddy’s Letter to His Little Girl (About Her Future Husband)

May 1, 2013 By Kelly Flanagan 84 Comments

After stumbling across destructive advice, licensed clinical psychologist Dr. Kelly Flanagan writes a letter to his daughter about what really matters in a relationship.

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Filed Under: Families, Featured Content, Trending Tagged With: a dad's letter to his daughter, a letter to my daughter, Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, dads and daughters, Dr. Kelly Flanagan, Families, father daughter advice, fatherhood, Kelly Flanagan, love between father

Don’t Call Me Mr. Mom

May 1, 2013 By Dan Coxon Leave a Comment

On May Day or any other day, Dan Coxon reminds us that parenting isn’t an alternative to work: it is work.

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Filed Under: Families Tagged With: emasculation, gender stereotypes, Guys with Kids, husband's roles, men's roles, michael keaton, Mrs Doubtfire, primary caregiver, sharing domestic roles, stay at home dads

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Call For Applicants to Participate in UK Parenting Documentary

Documentary makers seek UK family for an immersive experience. We are looking for parents of young boys who don’t adhere to social stereotypes.

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All-Male Urban School, All College Bound

For an astounding fourth year in a row, all 167 seniors at Urban Prep Acadamies’ schools have been accepted at four-year colleges or universities this fall.

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Entire Town Gifts Triple Amputee Veteran with Dream Wedding

Residents of Temecula, CA, gifted Marine Corporal Juan Dominguez and his wife, Alexis, with everything they needed for a perfect wedding to show their gratitude for his service to the country.

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