Children Will Listen

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Greg White spent a summer teaching a ten-year-old nephew to run, and changed both their lives.

What Is the True Measure of a Man?

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We can’t choose our fathers, but we can find our own role models, says Donald D’Haene, who found inspiration in the real and scripted lives of Sidney Poitier.

49 Things You Must Tell Your Baby

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Tell her everything now, while she’s listening.

Dear Dad

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We both became adversaries with our ego, to see which one would crumble first.

What’s in a Mane?

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Greg White’s Delilah was a leather-clad hairdresser named Lorenzo.

The Grasshopper Life

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To his old girlfriends, Robert Barsanti’s father would always be Romeo. But for Robert, Benito was Lear.

An Education in Inequality

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What Tim Brown has learned from the Penn State scandal about institutional racism.

King’s Canyon Conversion

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The first thing I discovered in the King’s Canyon wilderness was that I am not as good a man as I thought myself to be.

Monetary Settlements Will Not Be Enough To Make Penn State’s Troubles Go Away

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The NCAA may ban Penn State from football for “lack of institutional control” and “inaction,” writes education attorney and former higher education administrator Galen Medley.

We All Die – What Will Be Your Legacy?

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What will you create that will live forever?

A Call to the Sacred Masculine: Ten Daring Invitations From the Divine Feminine

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If I am going act like a goddess, I want a man who acts like a god.

Fired for Family: A Grandfather’s Legacy of Ethics and Values

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One man’s legacy of ethics, integrity, and loyalty remains, not only for his family but also for all the families for whom he willingly gave up his job.

Respect: Happy Birthday Maya Angelou [@DrMayaAngelou]

Today’s the 84th birthday of the literary icon, and we stop to pay tribute.

I Suck at Getting Old

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Edgar Ramsey is almost 60, and he’s scared.

I Bought My 18-Month-Old a Knife

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Niel Vuolo needed something to pass on to his son, so he bought him something sharp.

Respect: Happy Birthday, Richard Pryor (1940-2005)

We stop to honor the life and legacy of perhaps the funniest man to ever step on stage.