
Daily Tips and Reminders Can Help You Be a Better Dad
Dads benefit from tips and insights about what our children need from us and how to make the most of our efforts.

Small Groups – A Not-So-Good Example
We can’t recommend this as a great example of small groups, but the characters do at least talk about supporting each other and demonstrate some open sharing about life.

Video: Support from Others / a Fathering Group
Dads need each other to improve in that role. And often kids see the difference it makes.
"Shallow Small Groups"
A spoof on church small groups. It isn’t a men’s group, but it’s definitely worth a few good laughs.

New Dads (and Others) Need Support
Fathers everywhere, at any stage of the fathering journey, benefit from resources and encouragement for their day-to-day challenges.

Get Ready to Be a Dad with a Fathers Assembly
When my wife was pregnant, I was nervous. I knew I was on the brink of the most monumental transition in my life, and the men around me were not helping.

Fathering: Discover the Football Factor
On a Saturday afternoon, while his wife was out running errands, Brian was in his family room watching the Northcoast University Mudpuppys, his alma mater, play the Merrick State Generals, their rival. With a tie score and time running out, he sat on the edge of his recliner yelling, “What do you mean holding?” As if somehow he could change the referee’s mind; he was so into the game that he remained oblivious to his children jumping on the couch and running amuck until one of them passed in front of the TV.

Encourage Other Dads
Rusty is a friend of ours who has a passion for helping prison inmates. He recognized the overwhelming trend of fatherlessness among inmate fathers and took simple action to try to help. Some time ago, he began printing off copies of our weekly fathering e-mails and mailing them to prisoners he knew, knowing that it would have a ripple effect since reading material is often passed from inmate to inmate until the paper falls apart.