I heard this on NPR yesterday and found it to be very interesting.
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What fathers need to know BEFORE they get divorced
Fathers love their children just as much as mothers do. We want to see our kids grow up to be healthy vibrant, productive members of society. We also want to be around them as much as possible and watch them grow. Modern divorce tends to push fathers to the margins of child rearing. The expectation…
Read moreDwyane Wade – A Father First
Dwyane Wade on David Letterman’s show – Tuesday August 4th, 2012 I heard about his book a long time ago. I have always like Dwyane. He is a great basketball player and seems like a really good person. I think more stories of men fighting and beating a system where fathers usually come out on…
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To Live In Peace
If to live in peace means to shut my mouth, And speak naught against evil and hate; If to live in peace means to close my eyes, to the bigotry and trees that prevail; if to live in peace means to plug my ears When the woe-begone weep at my door; Then I’m not content…
Read moreA mother AND a father?
Few things hamper a child as much as not having a father at home. “As a feminist, I didn’t want to believe it,” says Maria Kefalas, a sociologist who studies marriage and family issues and co-authored a seminal book on low-income mothers called Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage. “Women always…
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A special shout out to all of us fathers who know EXACTLY what he is rappin’ about. This generally applies to dads that spent most of the day with our kids. The stay at home moms already know this stuff. You guys can just sit back, nod your head and enjoy the beat. From the…
Read moreI Have Female Privilege
I found this on the Good Men Project blog and think it is a great conversation starter. I think Rachel Goodchild raises a lot of great points and many of them hit home. Times have changed. You may not see it now, but the pendulum has already swung. Books like The Richer Sex by Liza Mundy lays…
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Easter 1977 My father just turned 77 on Thursday. He and my mother are still alive, married and well. Early in the morning, my kids and I gave him a call to sing happy birthday. I think about how amazing it is to have the ability to call…
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