With help from her adoring father, a 12-year-old girl with a rare genetic disease is dancing her way through pageants, winning trophies and stealing hearts.
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A new study supports that response, finding that plenty of other new dads want to be more involved at home, too and would actually be thrilled to take up to four weeks paid paternity leave if it were offered. The findings follow the release of some notable daddy data showing a recent, marked rise in stay-at-home dads.
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We love our dads. We love our geeky dads. So of course we want to put together some of our favorite Father’s Day gifts for geeky dads that we’ve been seeing, loving, and bookmarking for ourselves.
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Sure you don't want to buy Dad another tie or cufflink, but chances are you're totally over-thinking this Father's Day thing. Keep it simple with these nifty gadgets (or should we say "dadgets"?). See dad, we made a corny dad joke, just for you.
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Having a baby alters new mothers' brain activity, researchers have found, and a new study adds the first evidence of such changes in the brains of gay men raising children they adopted through surrogacy.
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Patric and his girlfriend conceived the child through in vitro fertilization, and a judge earlier denied Patric any paternal rights. Since then, Patric has become a hero to frustrated fathers everywhere who are alienated from their ex-wives and girlfriends.
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Want to make sure your kid graduates from college? Money helps, as well as good grades — but so does having an involved father. In fact, we’re learning more about the importance of dads in all families, rich as well as poor.
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The number of married couples where a mother is employed but the father isn’t slipped to just over 1.45 million in 2013, the Labor Department said Friday, down from about 1.5 million the prior year and a peak of nearly 1.79 million in 2009.
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Being a mom or dad is one of life's greatest joys. But early on weekend mornings? We're not always feeling the joy so much. In a series of Vine videos now going viral, one bleary-eyed dad captures the truth of Saturday mornings as a parent.
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College success and graduation is more likely for those students who had dads actively involved in their lives while they were in high school, according to sociologist and National Marriage Project director Brad Wilcox.
It's funny the small things that can set me off on a thought tangent that ends with me writing out a List of Things I Can't Do Because I Only Have Daughters. The small thing in this instance took place a while ago when I was in line with my girls at McDonald's, and we were asked if we'd like the boy or girl toy with our Happy Meals.
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Sweetly candid moments between father and son.Prince William was on baby duty during the Cambridge family’s visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney on Sunday.
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Dads are important people. They sometimes are gruff or too quiet. But they still make their mark on our lives. Show dad how much you care by giving a great Easter present this year.
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Becoming a dad can be emotionally tough for any guy, but especially for young, first-time fathers a new study finds
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Children born to obese fathers, but not obese mothers, may have a slightly higher risk of autism than kids with thinner dads, a large new study suggests.
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His arms are posed in embrace.At his breast he holds a baby — his baby — in the same way a nursing mother might....
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No one prepares men for the reality of fatherhood, says new dad Sarfraz Manzoor from the gaurdian, while veteran John Crace, whose children have grown up and (nearly) left home, reflects on the lessons learned from 19 years on the job
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Only 10 per cent of new fathers spend more than two weeks with babies.Cultural barriers in the workplace are having a direct impact on the uptake of paternity leave, according to a report from the Institute of Leadership and Management
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In Sweden, it's not unusual for a man to take six months off to mind his baby - then return to work four days a week. As debate rages here over Tony Abbott's parental leave scheme.
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