Make this year a meaningful one with your children. Prioritize time with them and create positive daily routines to help you build strong bonds.
16 Ideas for Father-Child Holiday Traditions
Create memories with your child this Christmas through traditions. From simple outings to creative projects, find inspiration to make it truly special.
Single Dads: Will it Really be OK this Holiday Season?
Are the holidays often stressful for you as a single dad? Matt Haviland provides 5 suggestions to help you have holidays that are OK … and better.
Ways to Give Meaningful Gifts to Your Kids
Don’t we want to give our kids more than just stuff this holiday season? As thoughtful dads, we can make our gifts more meaningful and lasting.
Consistent Fathering: A Steady Hand in a Stormy World
Fathers play an important role in providing a reliable reference point for their children, especially during challenging and uncertain times.
A Summer Fun Checklist for Dads
No summer is quite complete without some activities, and we have a checklist to help you follow through and make memories with your kids.
Father’s Day: Your Kids Are Worth Your Very Best
It’s great to be honored on Father’s Day, and it’s even better if it’s also a time to connect with your kids and recommit to your role.
Honoring Your Dad is a Privilege
As you celebrate Father’s Day and possibly give gifts to your dad, be sure to also honor him for what he has meant to you through the years.
Creating Summer Memories: Intentional Fatherhood
What do you hope to accomplish as a dad over the next few months? The relaxed schedule provides opportunities to invest in purposeful ways.
3 Reasons to Honor Moms
Mother’s Day is something we should all throw ourselves into, because moms deserve it—and it’s good for us and for our kids.
What Makes Your Child Laugh?
Many dads just naturally bring out the funny, playful side in their kids. Keep celebrating those relationships with lots of laughter.
Dad: Your Faith Matters to Your Kids
Dads, we might feel inadequate, but our kids are listening to what we say about faith issues and watching how we live it out.
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Make Every Day Count: A New Year of Fathering
Dad, what will it take to make this year the best ever for you and your kids? The media has a New Year tradition of remembering well-known people who died during the past year. A few years back, one of those people was a man who really seemed to “get it” as a father,...
16 Ideas for Father-Child Holiday Traditions
by Michelle Watson Canfield, PhD, LPC One December back in the late 60s, a father-daughter tradition began. One afternoon, my father drove my younger sister and me—seven and five at the time—two hours away in our turquoise station wagon to cut down our family...
Single Dads: Will it Really be OK this Holiday Season?
by Matt Haviland If the holiday season ushers in an assortment of emotions to most people, that’s even more true for single dads this time of year. Joy, laughter, and anticipation may be at the forefront. What about dread, anxiety, or doubt? “Yes” to all of the above,...
Ways to Give Meaningful Gifts to Your Kids
How do you decide what gifts to give your children this time of year? Maybe your family has settled into an annual routine that seems to work pretty well. Maybe the kids create lists to help you know what they want. Maybe most of the gifts have already been bought...
From Duty to Delight: Transforming Your Fatherhood
What’s the secret ingredient of good fathering? And maybe more importantly for many dads: What can you do if you never saw that kind of father as you grew up? Jeff is a committed dad who has a great perspective on fathering. He’s passionate about being the dad his two...
Time: Are You Spending or Investing?
by Ron Nichols There’s a common expression that we use all the time. It’s pretty harmless in itself, but as fathers we need to think differently with it. It’s the simple concept of spending time. We always say, “I spent a lot of time on that project,” or, “I spent 20...
Consistent Fathering: A Steady Hand in a Stormy World
by Dr. Ken Canfield Don’t worry. This isn’t about politics. It’s about being a father. The election is over and we’re all left to deal with it, whether we’re happy, a little angry, or mostly indifferent about the results. Maybe our lives will be significantly...
Dad: Water Your Daughter’s Heart with Positive Words
by Michelle Watson Canfield, PhD, LPC Dad, how powerful are your words in your daughter’s life? As you might suspect, I believe they are extremely important. Like a plant needs water, your girl needs your encouragement and affirmation. Allow me to illustrate further...
5 Ways Dads Can Protect Their Kids from Digital Dangers
by David Tucker - Founder, DigitalParenting.com We are bombarded with new studies almost daily illustrating how technology can have life-altering adverse effects on our children. From distraction and depression to predators and pornography, technology has evolved into...
Instilling Generosity in Our Kids: Strategies for Dads
by Dr. Ken Canfield Here in the middle of October, it’s evident in many American stores that we’ve already entered the holiday season. Halloween decorations are up for some, and Christmas products have been on display for several weeks now. This is an early heads-up...
Raising a Future Adult: 3 Ideas for Dads
Dad, if your kids are still pretty young, we have some news for you: They grow up. Some dads of teenagers and adult children would tell you that this is bad news, because a young-adult child is causing them a lot of worry and stress. Other dads would say kids growing...
Keep Using Your Unique, Mysterious Secrets with Your Kids
by Ken Canfield, Ph.D. Last week’s blog provided you with “dad hacks” that some fathers use to make their lives easier and connect with their kids. I trust at least some of them were helpful to you or at least caused you to do some deeper thinking or brainstorming. It...