Being a good dad usually means sacrificing some activities. But in reality, it isn’t a sacrifice because our kids are more important.
Father’s Day: Redefining Your Role
Recommit yourself to fatherhood as a verb. The position of father is an honorable one, but don’t rest on that. Be a dad of action.
Honor Your Dad Like a 5th Grader
Your children may honor you on Father’s Day. And you can do something similar for your dad or a significant father figure.
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.
Teaching Your Kids to Drive – and Other Skills
If we aren’t careful, this big moment in a child’s life can become a big conflict. 7 tips for dads in the passenger seat … and beyond.
Hold Your Daughter Safe Through the Downpours of Life
Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield: “There’s just something about seeing a daddy protecting his little girl that has a way of reaching in and touching a deep place in all of us.”
Giving Our Kids Focused Attention
We’re thinking about them–what’s happening in their world. We’re stepping out of our own issues and concerns and being all about theirs.
This Mother’s Day, Swing for the Fences
As a son and a husband, don’t settle for a “bloop single” when honoring your mother and your children’s mother.
Boys Need Men to Teach Them About Life
by Rick Johnson: When boys are brought up to feel competent and capable, they have a much better chance of succeeding at life.
Can You Answer These Questions About Your Child?
These questions provide a good marker for how aware you are of your child and his world, which helps with many areas of fathering.
Do Your Teens Own Their Faith?
For spiritually minded fathers, this is one of the main goals we have as parents. Here are four relevant factors from a research study.
Be an Overcomer Dad: Demonstrate Everyday Commitment
Many heroic dads are struggling or striving because of a tough situation, and yet they’re determined to do what’s best for their kids.
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Divorced Dads: Two Thoughts to Keep in Mind
“When people ask me about my father, I tell them I don’t have one.” That’s what one boy said after his parents divorced. Mike is that dad, and he told us those words cut him to the heart. A few years back, he moved to another state to pursue better work opportunities,...
Fathering and Our Kids’ “Unalienable Rights”
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As those of us in the U.S. celebrate another year in our...
4 Ways to Be a More Committed Dad
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...
Father’s Day: Redefining Your Role
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...
Honor Your Dad Like a 5th Grader
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...
On Father’s Day: Promote Responsible Fatherhood
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...
Teaching Your Kids to Drive – and Other Skills
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...
Hold Your Daughter Safe Through the Downpours of Life
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...
Giving Our Kids Focused Attention
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...
This Mother’s Day, Swing for the Fences
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...
Boys Need Men to Teach Them About Life
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...
Can You Answer These Questions About Your Child?
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...