Inside Fatherhood

July 16th, 2007

Being a True Father

Paternal Life has a good article out about being a True Father taken from Steve Biddulph.
A ‘true’ father is much more than your child’s friend. Your love, commitment to and involvement in your daughter’s life is unshakeable. Whatever happens, you will be there for her, as long as you live. So, you have to […]

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July 3rd, 2007

Dadstock Gets Media Coverage

A couple weekends ago was the very first Dadstock event. The Daily Herald interviewed Todd Krater in an article last week.
“Originally it was designed to just be a local thing,” says Todd Krater, a stay-at-home Lakemoor father who organized Dadstock. “It’s starting to snowball.”
I know Todd from the Dad Stays Home Forum, and he then […]

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July 2nd, 2007

12 Traits of a Good Father

How do measure greatness when it comes to being a dad? askmen.com published an article last month called 12 Traits of a Great Father, written by Julian Marcus.
List includes:

1- He’s a good disciplinarian
2- He allows his kids to make some mistakes
3- He’s open-minded
4- He teaches his children to appreciate things
5- He accepts that his kids […]

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June 18th, 2007

Maybe Men Are Supposed to be Depressed?

I added a question mark at the end of the title only to articulate this as a question rather than a statement. I found an article through Revolution Health about men facing depression. Apparently 6 million American men will be diagnosed with depression this year alone. But the stats say even more will suffer through […]

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June 12th, 2007

Fathers Suffer From Postpartum Depression Too

The cold hard truth about postpartum depression is there are just as many men who suffer through this as there are women. Though women are the ones who get all the attention, men sit in silence and in pure agony not just seeing their loved ones go through this, but they actually take on the […]

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June 11th, 2007

Desensitization of the Word No

A lot of parents are quite familiar with saying “No” to their children over and over again. Sometimes it becomes a routine of “No don’t do that.” “No stop it.” “No get away from there.” “No get down off that.”
These commands desensitize the word “no”.
So should we not be telling our kids NO? […]

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May 19th, 2007

Families Without Fathers Are More Likely to Create Problems

Today we see more and more single parent families and thus has a huge impact on the outcome of our youth. Children who grow up in single parent families are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol, live in poverty, drop out of school, and become teenage parents.
They believe this is coupled with the […]

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May 16th, 2007

10 Month Old Gets Gun ID Card

See this is how it’s supposed to be. According to Illinois law there are no age restrictions on receiving Gun ID Cards which are required for residents to purchase or possess firearms or ammunition. So daddy goes out and issues his 10 month old son a firearm owner’s identification card. Funniest part of the whole […]

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April 6th, 2007

Being a Better Dad

Just received this in my email….
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EXCLUSIVE - Up until now there was no effective, ongoing method for men to learn vital information or gain new skills on being a better dad. This “first-ever” exclusive […]

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April 4th, 2007

Today’s New Woes of the Father

We live in a completely different world today than say… oh even 30 years ago. The man is losing ground when it comes to his Kingship in the family. Women are also gaining in the workplace. In a recent article out of Psychology Today, it really hits home about what is currently happening. We see […]

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