Fueling Fatherhood: 2025 Progress & 2026 Vision

Dear Friend of Fathers.com,

We are deeply grateful for you—your support, your encouragement, and your shared commitment to strengthening fathers and families. As we approach the end of 2025, I want to celebrate what you have helped make possible. Your partnership has fueled meaningful progress, and together we are stepping into a new season of impact.

A Stronger Digital Home for Dads

Thanks to generous friends like you, our completely rebuilt fathers.com website went live earlier this year. For years we battled constant hacking attempts because of the prominence of our URL (fathers.com). In 2025, we not only rebuilt the platform, we expanded it.

Our new Learning Management System (LMS) now houses the 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers web course, with additional courses launching in 2026. This digital foundation positions us to reach tens of thousands more dads in scalable, secure, and engaging ways.

New Fatherhood Resources

This year we also finalized a publishing partnership with a respected national publisher to produce a series of concise, high-impact booklets designed especially for dads—men who appreciate clarity, brevity, and practical wisdom.

These 10,000-word booklets will be featured prominently in airport kiosks and retail turnstiles across the country. Titles currently in production include:

• The First 1,000 Days of Fathering

• The DNA of a Great Dad

• Healing the Father Wound

• 7 Habits of Healthy Fathers

Additionally, we are updating and expanding our classic 7 Secrets of Effective Fathers, the foundation of the seminar attended by more than 120,000 dads. The newly revised edition will include updated metrics, a fresh title, and a companion small-group guide.

A Growing Speaking and Teaching Team

2025 has been an extraordinary year for our speaking team as well. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield, a nationally recognized expert on the father–daughter relationship. Many of you may know of Michelle’s years of commitment in championing fathers of daughters—and I am honored to also call her my wife, following the passing of my wife Dee, who was the mother of our five children.  

We also celebrate the addition of Micah Canfield, my son and a father himself, and someone who has lived inside the fatherhood movement from childhood. Micah serves as our webmaster, has 15 years of experience in other non-profit ventures and is currently writing his first book—a new voice for a new generation.

I would be remiss not to honor the faithful teamwork of Brock Griffin. For more than 30 years Brock has been a steady, insightful writer and advocate for fathers nationwide. His leadership continues to anchor our mission in wisdom, experience, and depth.

Our Board of Directors, along with a host of dedicated volunteers like Lucy Bloom, Grant Goodvin, Ryan Debok, Jerry Hutchinson, Dannielle Rothering, and many others, continue to serve sacrificially to ensure that the mission of fathers.com remains strong and forward moving.

Your Partnership Now Is More Important Than Ever

As Giving Tuesday approaches—and as you consider year-end giving—I want to personally invite you to invest in this vital mission.

A new generation of fathers is arising, one eager for guidance, encouragement, and tools that speak to today’s challenges. With your support, we are uniquely positioned to provide fresh, innovative, and transformational resources for dads in the U.S. and around the world in 2026.

Your gift helps shape healthier families, stronger communities, and a brighter future for coming generations. Go here to support us today.

Thank you for standing with us.

With gratitude and hope,

Ken R. Canfield, Ph.D.
Founder, Fathers.com

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