I don't know about you but I've been following the protests happening on Wall Street and other areas around the world with great interest. While the media has painted, rightfully so or not, that the Occupy Wall Street protestors are just a bunch of hippies, radicals and druggies, I believe...

Is there a benefit to the schoolyard bully in terms of our survival? Lately, I've been pondering this, having recently witnessed my 7-year-old son Charlie being pushed around in the playground after school.

It started off innocently enough at the jungle gym when a kid from Charlie's class began...

Last night, at a screening of my fatherhood documentary in New York City, something interesting and rather unexpected happened during the Q&A. A dad in the audience started talking about his surprise at how the new fathers in his tech company are refusing to take the generous paid...

Recently, at my younger son's fourth birthday celebration, something a little distressing happened. As we were all singing "Happy Birthday" to him, his seven-year-old brother loudly inserted his own name at the end of the song. It was one of those moments that can really make a parent cringe. When...

I took my eldest son to get his hair cut the other day and noticed on the door to the salon an advertisement for a local "Mommy and Me" class. The flier included an illustration of a mother holding her toddler. There was no mention of dads and other caregivers...

I was watching "Sesame Street" with my two young sons the other day and found myself noticing the variety of people in the show. It was satisfying to see that not only were my kids getting to know Big Bird and the alphabet but they were also learning that people...

Having kids is a life-changing experience. For those of you who are about to embark on the wild adventure of parenting, or are thinking about it, here are the top 10 things I've learned (and unlearned) since becoming a father.

Dana H. Glazer is the award-winning director...

My bet is that the dads who are going to make or break involved fatherhood are: working dads.

Why working dads? The media doesn't hark much on them. They are not who we necessarily associate with the phrase :involved dad." For all intents and purposes this vast majority of...

Have you noticed that as we get older we require larger amounts of stimulation to engage us? That what once excited us when we were young now doesn't hold the same potency? Be it the sugar in our food, the coffee we guzzle, our hectic schedules or the onslaught of...

Is the American family doomed? You might start thinking so given the recent spate of sensational news articles that have been popping up lately. Last month, the Atlantic Monthly celebrated Father's Day by sharing that dads are no longer necessary. This month New York Magazine proclaims...

After writing last week about a father's role in the birthing room, it occurred to me that I would be remiss not to address my own personal experience in the delivery room as you might find it surprising and perhaps even helpful.

Like many dads, I attended birthing...

Should dads be allowed in the birthing room? This question has arisen lately in the blogosphere and, frankly, I'm just as mystified as other "dadvocates" like Brian Reid from Rebel Dad.com. Isn't it just a given at this point that dads should be allowed to attend...

This year Father's Day celebrates its 100th birthday. It began in 1910, when an outspoken woman from Spokane, Washington decided that her father, a single and devoted parent, deserved to have a day dedicated to him similar to Mother's Day. The idea became a bill in 1913, but then struggled...

He didn't look like much when I first saw him strolling up to me at a campsite in Harriman State Park, exactly two years ago. His hair was stringy and unkempt, his thin face unshaven. A smudged shirt and dirt-covered pants hung from his wiry, 50-year-old frame.

I was...