A father recognizes his daughter is becoming the adult he helped to raise.
The Expectations of Children
How do you teach your kids to distinguish between want and excess?
Embed from Getty Images — My children refer to Easter as Second Christmas. My son’s birthday is in late January, so he often gets a portion of his Christmas gifts on Christmas day, and follow up or associated gifts on his birthday. For example, if he were to get a PlayStation 4 for Christmas, he…
Jelly Ball: A Father-Son Breakfast Lesson
How do you break the ice to open communication with your son?
How do you break the ice to open communication with your son?
Stand Up for Your Rights: 270+ School Shootings and Fighting for Our Future
What do we do as fathers, as mothers, as humans to make the shootings stop, to make it safe for our children to go to school?
What do we do as fathers, as mothers, as humans to make the shootings stop, to make it safe for our children to go to school?
Group Think: Fathers Communicating with Vulnerability
How can we fathers break social norms to discuss topics that matter instead of the superficial guy talk?
How can we fathers break social norms to discuss topics that matter instead of the superficial guy talk?
What Women Teach Us about Manhood
How did you learn about masculine ideology?
How did you learn about masculine ideology?
Learning to Breathe
One son learns to breathe from watching his father sleep. When he becomes a dad, his son reminds him.
Embed from Getty Images — When I was a child, I had horrible nightmares. Some only once, but others were recurring. I remember a couple, specifically, but the most memorable was a dream I had often. In this dream, I woke to find that the Russians were invading our neighborhood. No one was home at…
Languages of Love
Do you and your son communicate using the same language?
Do you and your son communicate using the same language?
Little Debbies in My Lunch Bag: Relating to My Father in Hindsight
What is the meaning of peanut butter crackers and aluminum foil soda cans? This father now understands his father a little better.
What is the meaning of peanut butter crackers and aluminum foil soda cans? This father now understands his father a little better.
Never too Old for Goodnight Kisses
This bedtime routine between father and son includes "no nightmare kisses" for comfort.
This bedtime routine between father and son includes “no nightmare kisses” for comfort.
Parents as Role Models: Be Careful of What You Say and Do
Children will mimic what they see and hear from you.
Children will mimic what they see and hear from you.
Father’s Hands
John Williams recalls his father's strong hands as he wonders how long his son will hold his hand.
John Williams recalls his father’s strong hands as he wonders how long his son will hold his hand.