There are few relationships in the world stronger than the one between a father and son. Few people idolize anyone the way that boys look up to their dads. And it's rare to find anyone more proud than a proud father. But father and son relationships can be complicated. As much as they might want to be like their dads, boys can be unsure of themselves...
Read MoreIt can be pretty tough being a dad these days. You are expected to foster your career, as well as being physically and emotionally available whenever you are needed. That often leads to a situation where your physical health and appearance get put on the back burner...
Read MoreI was chatting with my wife about the long night we'd had getting up with the baby, when I said, "At least I get up with her. A lot of men don't. You should be grateful." I was tired. And I said it like...
Read MoreIn 2012, I found myself responsible for a tiny human being. For various reasons, my child’s mother was in and out of the picture and I found myself...
Read MoreI recently made plans to attend a national writer’s conference, leaving my husband, Christian, in charge of our four kids (boys ages 7 and 8, and girls ages 11 and 12). The children would...
Read MoreA new study from Harvard University in the USA reveals that children benefit more from their father reading them bedtime stories. Dads, the research revealed...
Read MoreI teach a fishing class in Southwest Florida. Everyone who takes the class is retired from the northern United States. Many of them have never fished before. A few have...
Read MoreBack in 2009 I became a dad for the first time when my daughter Caitlin arrived. In 2011, I became a father again with the arrival of my second daughter Alyssa. Since then I’ve always tried to be a...
Read MoreDads Take Your Child to School Day aims to get more fathers involved in their children’s schools, which helps motivate kids to succeed.
Read MoreIn May 2015, TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie made waves when he wrote about his decision to take 12 weeks of paternity leave in Glamour.
Read More“I was holding on by a fingernail.” “I was feeling really hopeless.” “I didn’t know how to get out of this rut.” These may sound like the expressions of a new mom experiencing postpartum depression, but they’re actually the words of Israel Smith, a father of two who sunk into a deep depression.
Read MoreSometimes parenthood means taking one for the team. Like when you bring home a new toy for the kids, but it comes in 12,686 pieces. So, Dad puts it all together while blissful children eat ice cream -- and Mom snaps a photo. Yes, this is parenting.
Read More"I feel sorry for you when they become teenagers." "Dude, you're surrounded by women." "What did you do to deserve that?" Being a dad of four daughters (we also have one son), I hear stuff like this almost daily. And honestly, I'm the one who feels sorry for people who think this way.
Read MoreThe study was conducted by researchers from the Kansas State University. While many studies have focused on how working women find it difficult to juggle their personal and professional life, this is the first study that highlights that men face similar barriers.
Read MoreAs a gay man, André never expected to be able to be a dad, but when he and Jonathan met by chance on a blind date they had what they describe as an "immediate connection." "We couldn't keep all of this luck and love to ourselves, we needed to share....
Read MoreSocial services have apologized for a culture of failing to tell fathers about their children’s welfare. A father, whose seven-year-old daughter lives with her mother, complained that East Sussex Social Services failed to notify him about his child’s welfare and that social workers had shown bias towards her mother.
Read MoreIt's the 21st Century. The genders have never been more equal, the imbalance in salaries is beginning to narrow, and more men are now staying at home to bring up their children. So why are we constantly told that men make terrible fathers
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Of course, working mothers often face stigmas in the workplace that working fathers simply do not but the challenges of parenthood and career exist for both genders. To find out about the family issues men struggle with, TIME spoke with 7 male executives about fatherhood and work-life balance.
Read MoreTeen girl dressed in all black who feels a little out of place in her suburban high school environment. At the end of the day, she returns to her house and finds her dad doing something amazing to make his daughter feel more at home.
Read MoreWasa is giving Americans one more reason to envy the Swedes.Sweden's Wasabröd, known for its crisp-bread snacks, is using its latest ad to highlight one of the perks enjoyed by fathers in Sweden: six-month paternity leave. The video for "Staying Fit the Swedish Way" features daddies doing yoga with their babies as one female classmate looks on in awe.
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