Fatherhood

Why Won't My Kids Do Their Chores?

The Huffington Post | Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Parent Coach, Susan Stiffelman, Kids Housework, Parents-Parent-Coach, Motherhood, Getting Kids to Behave, Fatherhood, Parenting, Kids Not Doing Chores, Parenting Advice, Parents News

Dear Susan, When I was growing up, my brothers and I always had chores on the weekends. We didn't like it, but we just did them. My own kids -- 9 a...

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Storytelling in the Age of Screens

John McCormick | Posted 05.30.2012

How do I tear the kids away from flashing lights and explosions and get them to sit with a book or tell a story?

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Surviving A 2-Year-Old's Attack

Jason Good | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Toddlers, Playing With Kids, Fatherhood, Parenting, 2 Year Olds, Parenting Stories, Jason Good, When Toddlers Attack, Parents News

Though I fear for my skin and internal organs, my son is goddamn adorable. He's my first choice for "People I would let excavate my throat," and "If you had to pick someone to accidentally give you a spleenectomy, who would it be?"

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Kids Say The Darnedest Things -- And Parents Put Them On Twitter

Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Moms and Dads, Best Tweets About Parenting, Twitter, Kid Sayings, Social Networks, Children, Funny Things Kids Say, Motherhood, Best Parenting Tweets, Fatherhood, Slideexpand, Parents News

Moms and dads have known it for centuries: kids say the darnedest things. But before Twitter was invented, parents didn't have the privilege of sharin...

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Why I Cried When My Son Was Born

Joel Stein | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Birth, Joel Stein Man Made, Having a Son, Joel Stein Time, Man Made a Stupid Quest for Masculinity, Having a Baby, Fatherhood, Parenting, Joel Stein, Joel Stein Book, Man Made Excerpt, Parents News

I didn't learn all that much on the day my son was born, other than that women should definitely get the epidural right away, out of politeness to others. But I also learned that I had no idea how we start out.

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The Best Of The Mom And Dad Blogs This Week

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Parenting Stories, Mom and Dad Blogs, Mom Blogs, Jessica Simpson, Dadcentric, Motherhood, Best Parenting Blogs, Fatherhood, Parenthesis, Mommy Shorts, Dad Blogs, Parenting Advice, Parents News

This week in Parenthesis, a dad blogger takes his daughter bra shopping, Katie Allison Granju picks up writing tips from a Hollywood memoir and Ilana ...

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The 'Inappropriate' Outfit That Got My Daughter Into Trouble

SParker | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Tooele, Adult Onset Atheist Burqa, Adult Onset Atheist, Fatherhood, Fathers and Daughters, Middle School, School, Dad Bloggers, Dress Codes, Teenagers, Junior High School, Inappropriate Outfits, The Inappropriate Outfit, Parents News

Yesterday I get one of "those" phone calls that parents dread. My daughter had been escorted to the front office by the principal, and was cooling her heels there until a parent could come in and sort stuff out. Her life of crime had begun.

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Dads of Valor

Roland C. Warren | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Fatherhood, Military Families, Miitary Dads, Parents News

These dads have to spend agonizing periods of time on the other side of the world from their kids, often in dangerous situations, waiting for a precious moment when they can squeeze in a video call.

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Oh, Hey ... Do You Want to Buy Some Candy From Me?

LaughSpin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Candy, Marriage, Fatherhood, Nursery School, Schools, Parenting, Hippies, Humor, Comedy News

Oh, hey. How's it going? You look sooooooo nice today! What's that you're wearing -- pants?! Verrrrry cutting edge. They say pants are the new black. ANYHOO, i have a box of Hershey chocolate items on my desk.

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The Ultimate Argument For Keeping Old Balloons

Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Girl's Note to Father About Aging, Twitter, Children, Fathers and Daughters, Fatherhood, Parenting, Funny Letters From Kids, Girl's Note to Father, Balloons, Simonhac, Hilarious Notes, Parents News

When it comes to communicating with parents, some kids have no qualms about putting their grievances in writing. The resulting notes -- often slightly...

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The Biggest Delusion Couples Have About Splitting Up

Vicki Larson | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Shared Parenting, Exes, Child Custody, Divorce, Children, Family Law, Parenthood, Fatherhood, Life After Divorce, Divorce and Kids, Divorce News

Here's how most of us who are thinking about leaving our marriage imagine divorce will be like: We've had it with our partner, and we think -- finally, freedom.

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Why I Love Being a Dad

Jim Higley | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Fatherhood, Dad, Parenting, Dads, Bobblehead Dad, Fathers, Parents News

With all the recent controversy about "Mom Wars" and "Dad Wars," I wanted to share a piece that simply is about what it means to me to be a parent. At the end (and beginning) of every day, that's really what this is all about for me.

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Help! My Daughter And I Are Always Fighting Over Our Differences

The Huffington Post | Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Parent Coach, Parent-Child Relationships, Susan Stiffelman, Parenting Tips, Parent-Coach, Raising Children, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Children's Hobbies, Parenting Advice, Parents News

Dear Susan, We are an older couple with only one child, after trying for many years to have a family. I love my daughter very much, but we are extr...

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Dads, They're Just Like Us

Cara McDonough | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: New Haven, Fatherhood, Parenting, Stay at Home Dads, Stay at Home Mothers, Gender, Gender Roles, Parents News

There's no point in denying the obvious and perhaps even sexist -- in a modern-day definition of the word -- point I'm making: I'm surprised when I see a man excelling at parenting tasks.

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A Daughter's Love

Liz Black | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Happy Mother's Day, Surgery, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Poetry, Mothers, Life, Happy-Mothers-Day, Poems, Fatherhood, Happy Mothers Day, Love, Jam, Poem, Arthritis, Women News

I felt myself breaking down. I kept thinking back to the things I never did, that I would never be able to do with her. I began to mourn my Mother while she was still alive.

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The Same Story? Again?! Storytelling as an Emotional Security Blanket

John McCormick | Posted 05.18.2012

I used to wonder why my sons asked for the same story night after night. I came to the conclusion that kids simply enjoy the comfort of repetition. Think of it as an emotional security blanket.

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What Mom And Dad Bloggers Talked About This Week

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Mom Blogs, Parenting Essays, Time Magazine Attachment Parenting Cover, Her Bad Mother, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenthesis, Parent Blogs, Parenting Advice, Dad Blogs, Parents News

All in the balance Scary Mommy's Jill Smokler isn't the only blogger currently enjoying a successful book tour: fellow authors Jenny Lawson and Steph...

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Teaching Kids The Value Of Unhappiness

Betsy Brown Braun | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Unhappy Children, Emotional Literacy, Emotions, Parenting Tips, Kids, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Sadness, Parenting Advice, Parents News

Emotional literacy is one of the realms of development that must be woven into growing up. Children need to learn to recognize, name, access and live with myriad feelings, including the strong ones, all of which are healthy and normal.

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The 5 Stages Of Stay-At-Home Fatherhood

Adam Brown | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Stay-at-Home Dads, Children, Fatherhood, Parenting, Fatherhood Is, Stay at Home Dads, Five Stages of Stay-at-Home Fatherhood, Stay at Home Dad, Parents News

To date, I've held only a handful of jobs, but being the solitary caregiver for two four-month-olds was officially the hardest (and most satisfying) of them all.

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From Father to Son

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Sons, Men, Parenting, Love, Appreciation, Children, Fathers, Relationships, Separation, Parents-Dads, Fatherhood, Parents-Fathers, Parents News

The gift of appreciation is the greatest of all gifts, for it acknowledges and validates the other person and sometimes starts a chain reaction of love that can reach across the generations.

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Selling Magazines, Not Ideas

JD Roberto | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Breast Feeding, Fatherhood, Attachment Parenting, Jamie Lynne Grumet, Breastfeeding, Mayim Bialik, Time Magazine, Time Breastfeeding, Parents News

Putting your beliefs on the line is admirable, but using your child to provoke a public discussion of your personal agenda is another matter entirely.

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Alternative New Yorker Covers For Mother's Day

Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: New Yorker Mother's Day Cover, Blown Covers, New Yorker Covers, The New Yorker, Mother's Day, Françoise Mouly, Chris Ware, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenting, Slideexpand, Parents News

TIME's most recent cover -- if you haven't seen it, where have you been? -- probably takes the cake as far as provocative parenting imagery is concern...

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The President As Parent

Lisa Belkin | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Parenting and Politics, Sasha and Malia, How Parenting Informs Obama's Politics, Barack Obama, Fatherhood, Obama, Sasha Obama, Slideexpand, Malia Obama, Parents News

Like Obama, my children magnify and inform and give meaning to everything I do. And if I had the power to transform the debate on same sex marriage in this country, I'm pretty sure I would be thinking of my sons as I did so

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Parenthesis: This Week's Best Parent Blogs

The Huffington Post | Emma Mustich | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Mom Blogs, Dadcentric, Motherhood, Fatherhood, Parenthesis, Amalah, Parenting, Parent Blogs, Mommy Bloggers, Parenting Advice, Dad Blogs, Parents News

This week on Parenthesis, Amy from Amalah gives us a window into her toddler-dominated morning routine, a DadCentric contributor rails against injusti...

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Her Father, My Father

Elizabeth Jayne Liu | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Father Daughter Relationships, Rejection, Relationships, Family Relationships, Personal Growth, Emotional Wellness, Gps-Soul, Becoming Fearless, Fatherhood, Presence, Parents, Family, Fathers, Becoming-Fearless, Healthy Living News

I'm happy and relieved for my daughter, who will have a different experience than I. But a part of me is sad that I didn't have a wonderful father like she does, and my fear is that the chances of it happening are, as the days go on, getting slimmer.

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