The Tree from Which You Came,The Stage on Which you Act Imagine an enormous tree, one with a thick trunk and tall branches stretching out in all directions. On each branch are smaller branches, and on each of those branches are individual leaves. Think of the tree and those leaves as you would a family. Each…
Families
DADLY Dad’s Coffee Table Book Features Comic Relief Dad
Profile of dad and husband, Shannon Carpenter.
Profile of dad and husband, Shannon Carpenter.
Who is the World’s Strongest Man?
When a formidable 10-year-old boy shows you how man is done.
When a formidable 10-year-old boy shows you how man is done.
Fathering Can’t Wait: Building a Relationship With Your Toddler
Just because your toddler can’t carry on a conversation with you, doesn’t mean your interactions aren’t meaningful.
Just because your toddler can’t carry on a conversation with you, doesn’t mean your interactions aren’t meaningful.
Reading Between the Silences
As Gabi Coatsworth’s son’s bipolar disorder gave way to full-blown manic episodes, she watched her husband slip deeper into drink and detachment.
Gender Stereotypical Parenting Influences Early Childhood Social Development
How do the ideas about roles for kids change their trajectories?
How do the ideas about roles for kids change their trajectories?
7 Things a Parent Can Say to Empower Their Child
Finding that perfect parenting balance is almost impossible - but these 7 simple sayings made all the difference for this Mom and her son.
Finding that perfect parenting balance is almost impossible – but these 7 simple sayings made all the difference for this Mom and her son.
Spinout
Colin Berry wonders whether building a soap box derby racer was his brother’s last best chance at escaping his fate.
Testosterone Levels Synchronise More in New Parents Who Have Strong Commitment to Their Relationship
Why does the 'male hormone' equalize in a good partnership?
Why does the ‘male hormone’ equalize in a good partnership?
Fathers: You Don’t Have to be OLD to Be WISE
Three practices for a dad to offer what his child needs.
Three practices for a dad to offer what his child needs.
When Your Stepmom Looks Like Your Mom
What’s Benoit Denizet-Lewis to do when his dad brings home a woman who resembles—but isn’t—his mom? You mean besides therapy?
In Honor of My Dad, Who Didn’t Know He Had a Son
Tom Forrister celebrates his dad—and wonders how, as a transgender man, he can put his fathering instinct to use.
A Dad’s Letter to His Daughter: Written From the Make-Up Aisle
Dr. Kelly Flanagan’s heart sank as he considered what would someday happen to his daughter in the make-up aisle.
Catchers in the Rye
Suzanne Rosenwasser works hard to keep her students from fighting and dropping out, but she can't catch them all.
Suzanne Rosenwasser works hard to keep her students from fighting and dropping out, but she can’t catch them all.
This Is Why I Practice Parenting Without Gender
"I am an unconventional mom and I take pride in it."
Let kids grow free-minded.
The Fatherhood Lecture and Why To Abandon It
"Do you want to know what my father would do to me?"
“Do you want to know what my father would do to me?”