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by Ken Canfield, Ph.D. We all celebrated fathers and fatherhood last week, and I hope you were able to enjoy some time with your family. I hope they honored you in a meaningful way. Did you spend any time reflecting on your fathering role? It seems like a natural...
Who defines your role as a father? Around Father’s Day, we see all kinds of stereotypes about dads. Maybe you’ll receive a card with a joke about neckties, grilling, tools or golf. Maybe one or more of those apply to you, and maybe the joke will even be clever. It’s...
For many years at NCF, spring gave us opportunities to recognize deserving kids and dads as part of our Father of the Year Essay Contests. We selected winning essays written by kids in markets around the country, and then chose dads to be honored as finalists and...
We’re right in the middle of what we call “Father’s Day Season,” which really kicks into high gear in early June. Maybe you barely even think about Father’s Day until that weekend, but this week the challenge is this: Start anticipating and planning for it now. And...
Got a student driver in the house? Or one that’s a few years away? For kids, that first driving lesson with Dad is like a rite of passage. For dads, it’s like a trip to the dentist, only the dental chair is on a roller-coaster. Okay, it’s not that bad, but sometimes...
by Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I’d say this one is valued at a million. When I first saw this photo posted on Facebook, it immediately melted my heart. There’s just something about seeing a daddy protecting his little girl...
We try to encourage dads to “seize the day” with their kids—to recognize that life is short and we don’t want to miss out on the most important things. That means living with purpose and intentionality every day. It isn’t easy in today’s world, but it’s vitally...
Don't look now, but Mother’s Day is only about ten days away. And we all know how moms are, God bless ‘em: they'll smile and be genuinely happy with nearly any gesture of appreciation. But as a son and a husband or co-parent, don't settle for a “bloop single” when...
by Rick Johnson Early in the movie GoodFellas, Ray Liotta’s character is a teenage boy working for the neighborhood “wiseguys” or members of the Mafia. When he is arrested for the first time, he is greeted as a conquering hero by all the older “made” wiseguys after he...
by Dr. Ken Canfield Who won the Tour de France in 1989? Isn't it amazing how much information we men commit to memory? For example: The specs for the latest iPhone or Corvette. Or stats and records for Mike Trout, Tom Brady or Stephen Curry. Or maybe you know all the...
Does your teenager have a strong personal faith? For spiritually minded fathers, this is one of the main goals and concerns we have as parents: that our children wouldn’t simply share our faith, but that they would embrace it and make it their own. Sometimes it...
by Ken Canfield, Ph.D. There are some dads who appear to have it all together. But to some degree, all of those guys are wearing a façade, because ... Fathering isn’t easy. There are no perfect fathers, and often it’s the struggles and challenges that help to define...