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Douglas A. Staples: A Father's Day to Remember

2012-05-23T14:09:10Z

Premature birth strikes many families -- over 500,000 every year in the U.S. alone. Thankfully most of these babies do survive. But many face problems throughout their lives with their hearing and vision, walking and cognitive skills.

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Claire McCarthy, M.D.: Being the Mother of a Child Who Died -- On Mother's Day

2012-05-12T10:41:34Z

I am the mother of a child who died. And that makes Mother's Day very hard. Other days of the year you can pretend that you are an ordinary person and that life is normal. But not on Mother's Day.

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Dan Zevin: Honk If You Love This Clip (Dan Gets a Minivan: A Love Story)

2012-04-10T14:49:19Z

Before having kids, my life was economy-sized. There was room for just three passengers: Me, Me and Me.

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Dr. Peggy Drexler: Moms and Dads Spring Open Gender Traps

2012-04-05T15:34:33Z

A gay man can grin and say ironically, "I'm a really good mother," which may mean that he performs the daily child care in his home, but his comment does not define him as a mom. Nor is a lesbian who coaches her son's hockey team a father. Both are just doing what parents do.

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Holly Palance: You Don't Outgrow Being A Daddy's Girl

2011-11-12T12:34:00Z

When our parents die, we don't like to believe that we're next. But we are. Better to grow up before we die. That's a lesson my dad taught me. So on this anniversary, I remember, with gratitude my dad.

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NY Pharmacy Massacre Wife Charged

2011-07-20T08:06:41Z

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Sec. Kathleen Sebelius: Supporting Our Fathers and Our Families

2011-06-29T17:29:28Z

On Father's Day, many of us took the time to celebrate how much our dads mean to us, but one out of every three children in America lives apart from his or her father.

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Alan Singer: Father's Day at Citi Field

2011-06-22T09:05:31Z

I spent Father's Day afternoon with a friend at Citi Field in Queens catching the Mets versus the Angels in inter-league play. It was a beautiful day;...

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Keli Goff: Should Fewer Americans Head to College and More Head to Parenting Classes?

2011-06-21T10:56:50Z

Here in the U.S. successful parenting remains the most powerful weapon we have to combat many of society's larger problems, and many assume that it's a skill that comes naturally. But just like what you learn in college, it's doesn't.

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Joy Moses: Fathering and Enforcement: It's Time for a 180-Degree Turn in Child Support Enforcement Policies

2011-06-20T19:07:05Z

As our nation celebrated the importance of fathers this weekend, it's a good time to reflect on how we show them love in the policies we create.

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For Second Time In Three Years, Shooting At Father's Day Party

2011-06-20T12:03:30Z

A Father's Day celebration in a park on Chicago's South Side turned violent on Sunday, as a gunman allegedly fired into the air amid the crowds, and a...

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Franklin Graham: What I Learned From My Father

2011-06-20T12:53:41Z

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Mickey Goodman: Father's Day - Saying I Love You Without Words

2011-06-20T12:30:00Z

My Dad was all sharp edges and no-nonsense discipline with few verbal "I love you's." But inside, he had a warm squishy heart that I could wind around...

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Andy Plesser: Remembering My Dad, Who Died of Prostate Cancer

2011-06-19T11:53:23Z

I feel really sorry for so many of us who have lost their dads, brothers and friends to prostate cancer. I lost my dad 13 years ago to the disease....

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Father's Day Tops Mother's Day This Year

2011-06-19T20:41:26Z

Google shared an interesting stat this evening: Father's Day topped Mother's Day in Google searches this year, and that's a first.

The announcement...

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Lev Raphael: Father's Day Latkes?

2011-06-19T16:45:53Z

Even though Father's Day is about six months off from Hannukah, it always makes me think of my taciturn father's potato pancakes.

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Wendy Diamond: Five Furtastic Fathers Day Tips For the Common Canine: A Dedication to Father's Day

2011-06-19T15:37:23Z

This Father's Day, Animal Fair presents five pawsitively perfect ways that man's best friend can give back to dear old dad. So sit! Stay! Pick up your tongue and perk up your ears, because this one's for you Fido!

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WATCH: Maria Bamford On The Joys Of Dysfunctional Family

2011-06-19T14:57:56Z

Just in time for Father's Day, Maria Bamford recently did an interview with CNN about her dysfunctional, but lovable family. Apparently, joy-killing i...

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Eric Villency: Conversations About My Father: Happy Father's Day From NY Rangers Brian Boyle and Brandon Dubinsky

2011-06-19T15:26:40Z

Brandon Dubinsky fondly remembers growing up in Alaska, "It was a great ... especially being a hockey player -- it was the best place you could think about growing up."

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Kristen Houghton: Daughters, Self-Worth, and Dads

2011-06-19T14:03:21Z

Women become who they are because of how their fathers treated them and the women around them. A good relationship with Dad is beneficial in all ways, present and future.

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Ross Szabo: Missing Dad During Peace Corps Service

2011-06-16T08:00:26Z

On my last day in America, I stood in my parents' kitchen, hugging my dad as he cried and said to me, "I tried to think about the positives of the people you could help, but it didn't work.

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Google Reminds You To Call Your Dad

2011-06-19T11:31:47Z

Google is reminding users in the U.S. and Canada to call their dads on Father's Day.

In a post of the Google Blog, Gmail Product Marketing Manager ...

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David A. Love: Balancing The Grief And Joy Of Fatherhood

2011-06-19T11:39:00Z

Every June, I imagine I will find myself engaged in this delicate balancing act, this cruel negotiation between the joy of being a father today, and the sense of loss over what used to be and what could have been.

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Google's Necktie For Dads

2011-06-19T10:46:07Z

In the spirit of Father's Day, Google's home page is getting dressy.

Google's giving a nod to dads with a special logo on June 19. Googlers will n...

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PHOTOS: Best Father's Day Jokes

2011-06-17T14:31:33Z

From awkward embarrassment to just-plain-awful embarrassment to downright humiliation, Father's Day memories can stir up emotions you probably haven't...

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