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Dads Need Balance for Kids’ Ignorance

Dads Need Balance for Kids’ Ignorance

by admin | Feb 20, 2019 | Awareness, Featured Resource Center Page

As fathers, kids can bring many different challenges our way, and often they test our patience and frustration level. It’s especially true when they get to be teenagers. They’re old enough and smart enough to think they have it all together and know what’s what, but...

3 Ways to Influence Kids’ Relationships

3 Ways to Influence Kids’ Relationships

by bgriffin | Feb 14, 2019 | Featured Resource Center Page, Nurturance

I hope all our reminders about Valentine’s Day over the past month did you some good. By now you surely have the special gifts, gestures, and date(s) planned for your wife (and kids). Or maybe you’re one of those couples or families where February 14th isn’t such a...

3 Valentine Gifts Your Wife Will Love

3 Valentine Gifts Your Wife Will Love

by bgriffin | Feb 7, 2019 | Featured Resource Center Page, Work/Family, Your Marriage

By Dr. Ken Canfield Hey, dad, what are you giving your wife this year for Valentine’s Day? Ideally, you have plans well under way, but knowing how many men typically operate, consider this your one-week reminder. I encourage you to pool all your creative energies for...

Valentine’s Day Tips for Dads of Daughters – and Sons

Valentine’s Day Tips for Dads of Daughters – and Sons

by bgriffin | Jan 30, 2019 | Daughters, Featured Resource Center Page, Sons

Your Valentine’s Day shopping and planning for your wife might be well under way—and that’s good! Some may view this as just another excuse for greeting card and flower companies to make money—as well as jewelry, candy and clothing companies, etc.—but it’s also true...

Inspiring Video: Is This Your Future?

by bgriffin | Jan 23, 2019 | Featured Resource Center Page, Your Dad

By Ken Canfield, Ph.D. Dad, do yourself a favor and watch this 3-minute video: “Beginnings. The older you get, the more rare they become.” “Endings are too often on my mind. I pray for new beginnings.” This video challenges us to think about beginnings and endings. I...

5 Ways to Win Valentine’s Day with Your Kids

5 Ways to Win Valentine’s Day with Your Kids

by admin | Jan 17, 2019 | Featured Resource Center Page, Holidays / Seasonal

The countdown to Valentine's Day is well underway. It’s obvious to anyone who enters a store that sells candy or greeting cards. Maybe you “won” Christmas gift-giving, but now there’s another giving obligation right around the corner. Or is it an opportunity? Maybe we...

4 Thoughts for Dads in Complex Situations

by admin | Jan 10, 2019 | Fathering Commitment, Featured Resource Center Page

A dad we’ll call “Bill” is desperate. He’s been separated from his three sons for about seven years. He does get to see them occasionally, but the distance is hard as you can imagine. Of course, each of his kids is different, and that only increases Bill’s frustration...

4 Steps for Your New Year Fathering Action Plan

by bgriffin | Dec 27, 2018 | Fathering Commitment, Featured Resource Center Page, Holidays / Seasonal

As the New Year arrives, it's natural to think about turning over a new leaf. Bad habits to stop. Good habits to start. Resolutions to keep.

Engaging Kids in the Joy of Christmas

Engaging Kids in the Joy of Christmas

by admin | Dec 20, 2018 | Featured Resource Center Page, Holidays / Seasonal

Do your children believe that Christmas is a joy-filled holiday? Do you? This time of year causes us to pause and reflect on our childhood—from the tinsel on the tree, shaking the colorful packages, maybe sledding or taking a drive to look at the lights, and the many...

4 Meaningful Gifts for Your Kids

4 Meaningful Gifts for Your Kids

by admin | Dec 13, 2018 | Featured Resource Center Page, Holidays / Seasonal

Each December, we hear a lot about simplifying our holiday routine, and there’s something to be said for that. In some families, the tradition that seems to be the most dominant and lasting is feeling worn out, frustrated and fed up. Sarcasm abounds when it comes to...

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