This month, I’m challenging all fathers of school age children to visit their classrooms at least one time during the school year. There is nothing that makes a child feel more appreciated and proud than having a parent come to school for positive reasons.
Read MoreYou know the drill. All of our cells contain 23 pairs of chromosomes, except for eggs and sperm; they contain one of each pair, joining forces at fertilization. Compared with eggs, sperm have an unexciting role in this process.
Read MoreIn Magic Mike he had washboard six-pack abs. But since becoming a father, former Sexiest Man Alive cover boy Channing Tatum has admitted to taking time off to spend time with his new baby, resulting in a softer, 'fappier' version of his former self.
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 MoreExpectant moms are filled with excitement throughout their pregnancy. Most first-time moms don’t quite know what to ask during labor and delivery. They rely heavily on their birth coach or the new dad-to-be to get them through the experience. Here are a few ways that dads can support mom in the delivery room.
Read MoreHere's a little secret, fellas, the one they don't tell you at the sports bar or in the Mommy and Me classes you aren't invited to attend: You can go right ahead and forget all that crap. All of it.I have a simple, four-word message to all dads of daughters, especially guys who are just now starting out on this journey, the guys welcoming newborn baby girls into their lives.
Read MoreFlexible work is often touted as the answer to everything that’s wrong with the modern workplace. If workers can use technology to set their own hours, and work when, where and in whatever manner they’re most productive, innovative and efficient, everybody wins, right? Time-crunched parents and caregivers can juggle work and family demands more easily.
Read MoreAfter nearly four weeks at home with his infant son, Kumar Chandran has the diaper thing down. Chandran says there was no question he wanted to be home at this time. The nonprofit he works for offers four weeks of paid parental leave — the same for men and for women. He says this has let him bond with his son and pick up on subtle cues.
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.
Read MoreA New York based CEO decides to hang up his hat and become a stay-at-home dad. His letter explaining why went viral online.CEO Max Schireson says there's a double standard when it comes to men and careers. He says he was never asked about how his job affected his family, and that his choice would likely cause him to lose out on millions.
Read MoreToday it isn't uncommon to see a dad at the park alone with his kids. Dads are more involved than ever. Of course, the old ways still peek through sometimes, and with them come a series of myths about the bumbling or clueless dads of old. Here are seven of the biggest myths about dads and the new reality that sets them straight
Read MoreMinus the occasional scrapes and bruises, playdates are pretty harmless. But one dad believes the traditional after-school activity could be hurting our children. Chris Bernholdt, a stay-at-home father of three kids, recently took to his blog Dad N Charge and asked parents to banish playdates once and for all.
Read MoreMarc Carlson, a senior manager at Ernst & Young in Detroit, took two weeks of the company’s standard paid parental leave for dads when his daughter, Rebecca, was born last year. Then, when his wife, Diana, went back to work as a physician, Carlson declared himself the primary caregiver and took the maximum four additional weeks of paid leave.
Read MoreThere were almost a million more stay-at-home dads in 2012 than there were in 1989. Though the recession and unemployment greatly contributed to this, the biggest contributor to long-term growth was the number of dads who stayed home to care for their families, according to a recent Pew study.
Read MoreJust days after his infant daughter's death, Nathen Steffel asked strangers on the Internet for only one thing: He and his wife wanted a photo of their daughter without the breathing tubes and tape that masked her little face. The response has been overwhelming.
Read MoreBritain is sleepwalking into a culture of “disposable dads” where fewer children than ever are living with their father, according to a report released this week. The Breakthrough Britain 2015 study found that just 57 per cent of teenage boys were currently living with their father. It predicted that by 2020 almost half of pupils sitting their GCSEs would come from a single parent families.
Read MoreWhen Kristin Dickerson of Rosenberg, Texas, went into labor at 42 weeks pregnant in the middle of the night, her husband Troy Dickerson did everything a supportive husband should do and still had time to catch it all on a GoPro.
Read MoreThe image quickly went viral. According to Foster, thrilled fathers Frankie and BJ have been "loving" the positive attention, and have dubbed their bundle of joy their "Pride Baby."And while Foster was able to capture the raw emotion of the special moment, she tells Shine On that it was actually her first time meeting the happy couple.
Read MoreTry to watch this video without crying: An 8-year-old British boy received a letter “from” his deceased father while visiting his grave on Father’s Day. The emotional moment was filmed by his mother (who wrote the letter) and it's gone viral since she posted it online this week.
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Two weeks back, the White House held its first ever conference on working fathers.But the events don't signify an end to the often depicted portrait in pop culture of the clueless, uninvolved dad, but together they symbolize how modern dads, to borrow a phrase women have used for a long time, have come a long way, baby....
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