We often encourage dads to make the most of every opportunity you have with your children, because your time with them is fleeting. Recently, we heard about one dad who came up with a great way to be purposeful about the time he has left with his three teenagers at home.
How to Bring Out the Best in Your Son
If you have fathered a son, you influence how he ultimately comes to define himself as a man. The image he carries of you in his soul will in some way guide his steps. He may follow in your footsteps, intentionally choose a different path, or journey through a wilderness of ambivalent feelings concerning your relationship.
Dad, are you the “CEO” in your home?
It seems like there's a new holiday popping up all the time these days, but I believe this one is worthy of our attention. September 12th is the National Day of Encouragement.
Kids and the Election: Raising Good Citizens
With the political campaigns and conventions in full swing, it's a great time to talk to our kids about what's in the news and take advantage of teachable moments.
Back-to-School Tips for Dads
Dad, here's your friendly start-of-the-school-year reminder about your important role in your children's education.
How Much Time Do You Have Left with Your Kids?
What did I do with the opportunities I had to connect with my child, demonstrate love, show encouragement, and teach him about life?
Body Image: What is Your Daughter Thinking?
Girls always give us insightful feedback about their dads when we talk to them during our Father-Daughter Summit events. Usually, their comments focus on two areas: they'd like to spend more regular one-on-one time with their dad, and they want to be able to share more with him and know that he'll listen and not get angry.
Forgiving Dad – A Freedom Song
Tomorrow I'll think fondly of Dad. Which is odd, because I hated him when he was alive.
Teens and the “Terrible Toos”
From Dr. Randell Turner: The “This is a necessary but often challenging part helping our children learn self-discipline and self-control.
It's All About Kids
In this day and age, virtually every kid could use another friend. All of us must wake up a bit, attending to the tough circumstances in which too many kids are growing up. Being keenly alert to the essential importance of one-on-one relationships between adult mentors and kids and gaining understanding about the pivotal difference each of us can make.
Dance the Day Away
Dancing around with my girls is silly, immature, goofy and quite possibly the most enjoyable highlight of each stress-filled day.
Interchangeable Parts, Irreplaceable Fathers
My brother-in-law Mark lost his job last week. Like any other weekday, he arrived at his office at 8:25 am, likely scanning his Blackberry on his walk across the parking lot to see what his busy schedule held for him. But instead of a day filled with meetings and customer calls, he was promptly ushered into a conference room, sat down by an HR rep, and summarily laid off. Thanks much, but we just don’t need you anymore.
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Time Together is the Best Thing
Colin is 11 and he loves tennis. Not long ago, his grandparents were visiting, and Colin asked if they could watch him play. So Colin and his dad, Brian, got their racquets and took grandma and grandpa to the high school courts. They all had a great time. Later, when...
The Most Important Hour in Your Home?
For many years, research has been telling us that kids do better when their family has dinner together. Teenagers are less likely to use drugs and alcohol and less likely to have high stress. Kids of all ages do better in school, especially reading. According to a...
Co-Parenting For Our Kids
by RJ Jaramillo As I look back on my own personal experiences with co-parenting, I can only draw one conclusion: I could have saved a lot of time and avoided a lot of stress if had I worried more about my behavior than my ex's. To save other guys the same painful and...
Words that Change Children’s Lives
What would cause a woman to say she loved someone she has barely met? The answer comes from the sister of one of our staff members. Trish doesn’t remember her grandfather Clinton at all, but she says to this day she loves the man. Not long before he passed away, when...
Can I really bond with this child?
Those who have never adopted a child may ask, "Can I really bond with a child who isn't biologically mine?" Like nearly all adoptive fathers, Bruce went through the lengthy paperwork and months of waiting, praying, and trying to be patient. Then one day at 10:00 AM,...
Love … More Than a Feeling
You wake up at 3:20 in the morning and hear your daughter calling you: “Daddy, can you help me?” You don’t even think about elbowing your wife. You get up and go check on her. It turns out she has thrown up in the bed ... and on the family cat! The cat is nowhere to...
5 Things Your Children Want to Know
We often encourage dads to make the most of every opportunity you have with your children, because your time with them is fleeting. Recently, we heard about one dad who came up with a great way to be purposeful about the time he has left with his three teenagers at...
How to Bring Out the Best in Your Son
If you have fathered a son, you influence how he ultimately comes to define himself as a man. The image he carries of you in his soul will in some way guide his steps. He may follow in your footsteps, intentionally choose a different path, or journey through a...
Dad, are you the “CEO” in your home?
It seems like there's a new holiday popping up all the time these days, but this one is worthy of our attention. September 12th is the National Day of Encouragement. It began with some high school students in Searcy, AR, in June of 2007. They decided that at the root...
Kids and the Election: Raising Good Citizens
With the political campaigns and conventions in full swing, it's a great time to talk to our kids about what's in the news and take advantage of teachable moments. How much do your kids know about the election? One teacher in New York reported that she was...
Back-to-School Tips for Dads
Dad, here's your friendly start-of-the-school-year reminder about your important role in your children's education. Based on our recent survey on father involvement, many of you are already doing pretty well in this area. Compared with a similar survey from 1999, dads...
How Much Time Do You Have Left with Your Kids?
Maybe you heard it recently from the grandparents or other extended family: "My, how the children have grown!" Maybe you saw some old photos or videos and were stunned. Were they ever really that little? It’s true: they do grow up fast. But part of it could be our...