Best Advice From TV Dads (Video)

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From the Seavers, to the Simpsons, to the Starks, here is a collection of the greatest advice from our beloved fictional dads from TV.

On (LGBT) Rights and Wrongs

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Does same-sex marriage represent the final frontier in the movement for LGBT rights? Should it?

Grandfather Becomes Second-Time Father and First-Time Stay At Home Dad

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In second round of fatherhood, retired Army veteran turns down six-figure salary to be a stay-at-home dad

“Not Your Mother’s Morals”: A Review

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Jonathan D. Fitzgerald talks about faith, pop culture, and the “New Sincerity” in his new book.

A Million Little Soliloquies

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Tough conversations, like those on rape, can happen because of and in spite of the Internet.

My Boy Wants an Earring and I Don’t Want to Say No

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Jay Palter is looking for some earring advice. For his son.

Our Cookie Cutter Culture

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Gay stereotypes are alive and well. Can’t we move past them?

TV’s New Gay Couples – Progress or Clichés?

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Are clichéd gay characters on TV shows like Modern Family and The New Normal damaging the progress toward equality for same-sex couples?

Our Football Picks, Week 4: The Catch

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Jim Jividen’s got a can’t-miss script for the best sports book never written: how the progressive San Francisco 49ers stood athwart the rising tide of conservatism in the 1980s and gave San Franciscans something to be proud about.

Can A Dad Take His Daughter Clothes Shopping (and Other Indignities of Modern Dadhood)

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J.R. Reed, on a rant about fathers who are treated as second-class parents.

This Town Needs a New Sheriff

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Jeff Cohen defies you to find him a comic figure in the movies today who you’d be proud to share with your young son.

Open Thread: What is the Most “Manly” TV Show

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Cop shows, father-centered family shows, gangster shows? What TV shows in the last 50 years do you think are most masculine?

Ten 80s Comedies That Hold Up (and Five That Don’t)

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Josh Bowman and Joanna Schroeder got all nostalgic and came up with a list of some classic comedies that still work today, and a few that are firmly stuck in the 80s.

Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto: Coming Out Quietly

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Nowadays, it seems we’re barely raising eyebrows at people coming out. And that says something important about where we are as a society.

Modern Family Makes Great Family Viewing

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Contrary to popular opinion, Jay Palter believes that watching television can sometimes be a great family activity.

‘Modern Family’ Thinks My Family Is Creepy

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Jerry Mahoney felt a punch in the gut at Modern Family’s mockery of how his children were conceived.