The AAP stresses that coming from a stable loving environment influences who children become much more than their parents sexual orientation does.
American Academy of Pediatrics Comes Out in Supprt of Same-Sex Marriage
March 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Could You Have Prevented the Steubenville Rape? [OpEd]
March 19, 2013 By 4 Comments
And who is going to protect our kids from the same fate? Will it be you?
Guess Who Created Your Little Bully?
March 16, 2013 By 5 Comments
Lisa Dixon-Wells, bullying prevention expert, on bullying behavior: how it starts, where it leads, how to stop it.
This Teen Walked 10 Miles in the Snow for a Job Interview and Got One Before He Arrived (Video)
March 6, 2013 By 2 Comments
Need some hope? This is what happens when determination meets a good heart.
“I relate to the rage that comes from kids being little a**holes, but I don’t think physical discipline solves that. It just turns them into different a**holes.”
March 4, 2013 By 6 Comments
Do you spank your kids? If you do, why? If not, how do you discipline them? How did you decide what methods to use as a parent?
3 Things We Can Learn From U7 Basketball
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Parents and coaches have invaluable opportunities to teach and apply real-life lessons within the fun of organized sports. Unfortunately, many of us miss out on the opportunity.
One of the Best Dad-ads Ever Made (Video)
February 20, 2013 By 3 Comments
Baby + dubstep + one flexible camera.
“If our urge to stay away from kids is constantly enabled, does our society become even more child unfriendly than it is?”
February 17, 2013 By 5 Comments
No one likes flying on a plane with a screaming child next to them. Some airlines are considering offering child-free sections that you can pay to sit in, but Pedro wonders if that would come with more than a monetary cost.
“As a parent, the thought of our kids flashing other people stops our heart in fear.”
February 14, 2013 By 1 Comment
This is a comment by Andrew Pollon on the post “I Won’t Teach My Daughter It’s Wrong to Flash Her Boobs”.
A Brief Note to You, Our Children, On Being Naked on the Internet
February 14, 2013 By 6 Comments
Okay boys and girls, here’s why the opinions of your parents, teachers and preachers don’t really matter on this particular issue.
Dating the Single Co-Parenting Dad: On the Outside Looking In
February 10, 2013 By 11 Comments
Single dads are fiercely committed to their little ones saying, by action and by word, “you are loved.”
“I don’t know why there is still so much negative stuff stay-at-home dads have to go through.”
January 23, 2013 By 7 Comments
This is a comment by ogwriter and Joan on the post “Why Dads Matter: A Feminist Mom’s Perspective”. Ogwriter is tired of all of the division in the household as far as the media talking about who supposedly is biologically better at partenting, and Joan reminds us that a family is about people and work, not just individuals earning gold stars.
The Best of Dear John from 2012
January 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Read the best answers by Dear John about sex, relationships, dating, kids, affairs, and more.
When Anxiety Attacks
January 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The stress and fear seemed insurmountable, until the Registered Runaway was reminded of Mark Twain’s dictum: against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
“There is a loss of fatherhood as a role for men to aspire to, which is troubling.”
January 12, 2013 By 28 Comments
This is a comment by Alastair on the post “The End of Fatherhood Means the End of Civilized Society”.
“Kids will make a guns out of anything. Before nerf guns, my son made them out of legos and and even his sandwich.”
Do you let your kids play with toy guns? Do you restrict their play to water guns and not BB guns? Is it all over-hyped precaution or is it an important principle to teach kids?