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

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

We’ve Got To Learn To Talk About Men

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People who think differently about men and boys need space to learn how to speak with each other, says our International Men’s Movement editor, Glen Poole.

Study of Men’s Falling Income Cites Single Parents

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How Do We Reverse the Cycle?

What You’ve Been Waiting For: Searching for How To Be a Dad

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Video interview book review of the authors behind the someday best-selling, Guide to Baby Sleep Positions: Survival Tips for Co-Sleeping Parents

Struggles Faced by Stay at Home Dads Re-Entering the Workforce

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Charting a New Path Back for Dads

The Return of Love

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The “Love, Recorded” column returns: Matt’s wife comes back from Korea, but this time, it’s different.

“I cried like a baby for three months as my son fought for his life in a St. Louis Children’s Hospital.”

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This is a comment by Josh Magill on the post “Parents, This is Our Edict”.

Speaking With Children About Violence

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With so many children being killed, who do we maintain our kids’ sensitivity to human suffering?

After Watertown, Can We Blame the Parents?

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JD Roberto asks: What can the fathers of children lost in other American tragedies—Oklahoma City, Columbine—teach us in their responses to grief?

The Aftermath: What I Learned from the Boston Bombings

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Lisa Hickey was changed by the bombings, in unexpected ways. Here, she shares how.

Mom, Why Don’t They Just Shoot Him?

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Joanna Schroeder and her son reconcile their anger at the Boston bombing suspects with the morality they try to cultivate.

Too Much of a Good Thing: When Do You Need a Break From Your Kids?

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Parental burnout can be lessened by a strong network, an understanding spouse, and some time alone

How Fathers Can Teach Their Sons about Addiction

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How you can help protect your kids from drug addiction, by telling them why you used.

I Still Believe a Man Can Fly: Holding on to Hope in the Face of Tragedy

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In the wake of the bombings in Boston, Alex Yarde realizes that the best Fortress of Solitude can be a blanket-fort and a tea party, attended by his two young children.

Melissa Harris-Perry: We Need a More Collective View of Parenting (VIDEO)

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Melissa Harris-Perry says that we need a more collectivist approach to raising children. Do you agree or disagree?

The Collaborators: The Mad Men Guide to Raising Children

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Ben Tanzer recaps Mad Men’s second episode, and comments on the ways in which raising kids is just like being a character in AMC’s hit series.