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One for the Netflix Queue: Old Joy

July 27, 2011 By Patrick Sauer Leave a Comment

A touching movie about two old friends getting older, and pre-fatherhood angst.

Filed Under: Best of the Rest, dadsgood, DadsGood Featured Content Tagged With: Bagby Hot Springs, camping, Daniel London, fatherhood, friends, Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt, Kurt, Mt. Hood, Old Joy, Oregon

Two Men, a Canoe, and Large Blue Bundles

June 17, 2011 By S. Grady Barrett 2 Comments

After moving to a new neighborhood, S. Grady Barrett struggled to fit in, so his father took him camping and taught him how to survive.

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Filed Under: Best of the Rest, Boys, dadsgood, Editors' Picks, Education, Families, Father's Day Tagged With: Boys, camping, Father's Day, fatherhood, outdoors, parenting, S. Grady Barrett

Why Was My Voice So Small?

February 24, 2011 By Thom Hunter 32 Comments

An 8-year-old child of divorce, Thom wanted approval from his Scoutmaster. Instead, he was preyed on. Fifty years later, the effects of the abuse still loom large.

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Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Best of Advice & Confessions, Editors' Picks, Education, Featured Content Tagged With: camping, childhood, Divorce, growing up, pedophilia, sexual molestation, trauma

Not a Happy Camper

January 12, 2011 By T. Pierce 14 Comments

Are we wusses for opting out of male-bonding rituals?

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content Tagged With: Beer, camping, Fraternities, masculinity, The Devil Wears Prada, Tighe Flatley, wuss

Pre-School Campout

November 15, 2010 By John Cave Osborne 7 Comments

I would spend a cold February night camping out in a church parking lot in hopes of getting my kids into a highly coveted preschool.

Filed Under: dadsgood, Featured Content, Tales from the Trip Tagged With: Adam Lambert, camping, pre-school, Rosie O'Donnell

Urban Camping

October 18, 2010 By The Father Life 1 Comment

The backyard becomes a campground when a tent goes up alongside the driveway.

Filed Under: Families Tagged With: camping, Families, fatherhood, tent, The Father Life

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One for the Netflix Queue: Old Joy

Two Men, a Canoe, and Large Blue Bundles

Why Was My Voice So Small?

Not a Happy Camper

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