Because of mental illness, substance abuse or emotional problems, dad might be there physically, but compared to the bond they had while she was growing up, he has gone to an unreachable place.
Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
Helping children in India, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Yemin and Benin would significantly contribute to achieving universal pimary education for boys and girls.
Jamie Woolf | Posted 04.13.2009 | Living
Investing in your family is like adding to your bank account: it builds emotional reserves your children can draw from for years to come.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living
A strong and loving relationship with his daughter is one of the greatest gifts a father can give. But what happens when the gift arrives damaged -- or never arrives at all?
Steven Weber | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living
His curiosity got the best of him and he went away, away from now, and from what was, and from what would soon be. He wanted to go.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living
What happens when dad -- maybe because of changes in his own life -- wants to move from caring father to full-time buddy?
Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 04.04.2009 | World
We absolutely need to work together, women and men, fathers and mothers, in the education and protection of all children -- especially girls.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living
Women who find themselves on the wrong side of the divide between unconditional support and uncompromising control must stake a claim to their territory -- and defend it.
Peggy Drexler | Posted 03.14.2009 | Style
There's a new kind of father-daughter relationship. Young women are educated, oriented and dedicated to making their way in a world of work -- territory that their fathers have patrolled for decades.
Rob Morrison | Posted 01.29.2009 | Style
In my limited experience as a stay-at-home dad, I've noticed that parents will pay big for just about any kind of recreational activity. Running, jumping, and playing are all red-hot commodities.
Los Angeles Times | Karen Kaplan | Posted 01.20.2009 | Home
Dinosaur dads played an active role in raising their young and often served as single parents, according to a study published Friday in the journal Sc...
Lanny Davis | Posted 01.09.2009 | Style
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.
Indra Adnan | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics
Tim, Larry, Christina and Melody: half men, half women in a balanced partnership to face a global crisis and reshape the economic culture of the early 21st Century.
Russell Simmons | Posted 10.13.2008 | Living
When I hear a healthy debate about fathers, when I see Take Back Your Family on the bestseller list, or pictures of Obama with his daughters, it lets me know a positive change is taking place.
Paul Raeburn | Posted 07.16.2008 | Living
Responsibility for pregnancy and miscarriage rates has fallen almost exclusively on mothers' age, but now, men might be a little less glib about their ability to have children whenever they like.
Keli Goff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics
Obama's comments on black fathers immediately drew comparisons to Bill Cosby's remarks from 2004 in which he too challenged the destructive behaviors that are impacting the black community.
Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living
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.
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.23.2008 | Living
As we celebrate fathers everywhere, HuffPost has gathered some thoughts from our bloggers on the meaning of Father's Day. Candy Spelling: Missing My...
Cristina Page | Posted 02.25.2009 | Politics
Little attention has been paid to the impact that women's liberation has had on men -- Gen X dads spend significantly more time with their children than baby-boomer fathers.
New York Times | BENEDICT CAREY | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
BY age 2 it was clear that the boy had a sensibility all his own, affectionate and distant at the same time, often more focused on patterns and object...
Peggy Drexler | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living