On Father’s Day: Promote Responsible Fatherhood
Find ways to represent the best of fatherhood where you are, no matter what you end up doing on Father’s Day.
Rudy’s Legacy: 25 Ways to Live Out Healthy Manhood
How do you live a life that leaves a legacy? First and foremost, you need to live according to your beliefs—healthy beliefs that encompass your faith, your family, and your friends.
4 Ways Dads Can Help Hurting Kids
Sometimes life leaves emotional scars on children. How can we dads help them most effectively? A stepdad named Eric wrote to us about this. He said that the greatest difficulty he has faced with his children has been dealing with the hurt they brought with them from...
Do you “get it” when it comes to being a father?
When we hear a dad mention certain fathering habits or topics, we know that guy is really tuned in to his role.
Moral and Spiritual Guidance – Secondhand Lions
What do you believe is most important about life, and about being a man? Kids need to hear from their fathers and father figures about that.
Everyday Heroes: Good Dads Make a Difference for Other Kids
Kids are looking for heroes. Are you worthy of the title? On this third week of honoring everyday heroes for Father’s Day, we recognize WatchDOG dads—men who volunteer at their children’s schools to have fun and be positive role models. We know that a large percentage...
Everyday Heroes: It’s an Honor to Be a Good Father (and Father Figure)
Leading up to Father’s Day, we’re honoring everyday heroes—real dads who are great examples of responsible fathering. This week’s example is an amazing story that demonstrates fatherhood at its very best... It starts with a boy named Gage, whose biological father left...
Social Renewal (and Good Fathering) Happens One at a Time
Have you heard about Sugar Bear? He’s fifty-five, and he’ll tell you that the worst day of his life was back in the early 90s, when he was released from prison. As he was being processed out, he saw one of his sons ... being processed in. Earlier this month, columnist...
Being a Good Dad Outside Your Home
It’s one thing to be a committed father in your own home to your own kids. But this week, can you take your commitment a step further and reach out to another child outside your home who needs a father figure? A mom named Kim wrote to us and told us that her husband,...
Greg and Brett: The Power of a Father Figure
If you have the privilege of being a dad, you are fortunate; don’t take it for granted.