It’s the height of irony that since I became a mom, I have felt myself becoming a champion for fathers. Sure, before I had a kid, I liked dads all right. I love my daddy, and I knew my husband was bound to be a good father. But I didn’t really notice how awful the…
Read moreChildren should inherit the FATHER’S last name and not the mother’s
I ran across an interesting essay called “Why Children Must Inherit Their Last Names from Their Father, Not Their Mother” by SATOSHI KANAZAWA. It had some interesting points that many of us never even think about. I’d love to hear your thoughts: .…men and women – should keep their last names for life. For one thing, it…
Read moreNo single male flyers allowed!
British Airways cabin crew told Mirko Fischer to move after he swapped seats with his wife and ended up sitting next to a boy he did not know. Mr Fischer, 33, accused staff of harassing him and said the policy contravened the Sex Discrimination Act. BA apologized to the businessman but denied the policy was discriminatory….
Read moreThe rise of women does not require the fall of men
I read a great article by Christina Hoff Sommers recently. I think it points out many things we choose to ignore. Read the full article HERE As one critic told me recently, the classroom is no more rigged against boys than workplaces are rigged against lazy and unfocused workers. But unproductive workers are adults —…
Read moreDads Weigh In On Why Boys Fall Behind
Host Michel Martin continues the conversation about why boys fall behind in school. She speaks with a group of parents and experts: author Christina Hoff Sommers, New York University education professor Pedro Noguera, University of Virginia Dean Bob Pianta, and Glenn Ivey, father of five boys. CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS: Well, I think we first have…
Read moreStay At Home Dads Are here To Stay
Perhaps you’ve seen them on the playground. At pre-school drop off, karate practice, or piano lessons. Pushing strollers or running after toddlers. Or even on the small screen, in TV shows like Up All Night. They are: The stay-at-home dads, and lately, it seems, they’re everywhere. Once upon a time, disengaged, distant fathers represented the typical…
Read moreThe Flipside Of Domestic Violence
Do we really need the Violence Against Women Act? If so, why not the Violence Against MEN Act? Has anyone really asked that question, or are we too afraid to speak up? …more than 200 survey-based studies show that domestic violence is just as likely to strike men as women. In fact, the overwhelming mass of evidence indicates…
Read moreThe Evolution of Divorce
by W. Bradford Wilcox – National Affairs In 1969, Governor Ronald Reagan of California made what he later admitted was one of the biggest mistakes of his political life. Seeking to eliminate the strife and deception often associated with the legal regime of fault-based divorce, Reagan signed the nation’s first no-fault divorce bill. The new…
Read moreMr. Mom is dead.
From the Wall Street Journal article “At-Home Dads Make Parenting More of a ‘Guy’ Thing” Mr. Mom is dead. At least, the pop-culture image of the inept dad who wouldn’t know a diaper genie from a garbage disposal has begun to fade. In his place, research shows, is emerging a new model of at-home fatherhood…
Read moreA Feminist Mother’s Perspective On Why Father’s Matter
There is great stuff on the site Good Men Project. I like to hear things from a woman’s perspective. Sometimes it is best for people to hear things from women because they might find it easier to hear. What she is saying is pretty obvious to me. It is apparently not obvious to two generations…
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