Fatherhood

Life With My 10-Year-Old Son

Lanny Davis | Posted 01.09.2009 | Style


Lanny Davis

I struggle to find something in common with my 10 year-old son Josh and, of course, what I found, like most other fathers of 10-year-olds, is sports. And by that I especially mean baseball.

Joe Biden's Tears Ease a Father's Fears

Chris Blake | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living


Chris Blake

Watching a US senator and VP candidate reveal his fear before a national audience was quite a remarkable thing. In doing so, Biden provided some much-needed release for fathers.

"First Dude": Feminist Hero for Us All?

Helen Cordes | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics


Helen Cordes

Think of what we'd all gain when Todd manned up to the Dad role and American dads took his lead to parent on a meaningful, widespread level.

The Other Side of Obama's Father Day Speech

Trey Ellis | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Trey Ellis

I welcomed Obama's Father's Day speech chastising the legions of black absentee fathers, a number, he points out, that has doubled in a generation. He's hardly alone in his criticism.

My Dad at Seventy

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living


Malcolm Friedberg

I have many grown male friends, and I am one of the lucky ones. A number of my friends have lost their dads. And of those that still have them, most don't have much of a relationship. I do.

Eddie Vedder: Fatherhood Has 'Fueled My Anger'

People | Nicholas White | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Alternative-rock icon Eddie Vedder spearheaded a '90s Seattle musical sound around adolescent angst. Now a 40-something father of a toddler, Vedder sa...