I walked by a young black male on 82nd and Broadway while doing some back to school shopping with my kids a few minutes ago. This kid was asking for money for his basketball team. They needed money to get…
Author: Clayton Craddock
I am a dedicated father to two wonderful children, a consultant for divorcing fathers, a thought provoking blogger, and a social reformer who is intent on seeing positive cultural change for boys, men and fathers in the 21st century. Oh, I also play drums too!
If Police Come To Your Door Without a Warrant, Shut Them Down Like This Guy
Ya know…the constitution is a pretty powerful document. It is too bad so many people have allowed it to be shred to a million pieces. The framers of the constitution understood human nature. That is one of the main reasons…
NEIGHBORhood
I went for a walk in my old neighborhood to get some exercise this morning. I ran into some old neighbors. It’s great to reminisce about the old days (35 years ago or so). Lots of great memories growing up…
Adult vs.Child
Another One Bites The Dust- Michael Sam Cut By The Rams
31 other teams passed on him, he was a mediocre player at best, a 7th round pick…and did you really think he was gonna make the cut? He’s in the same position as HUNDREDS of other players who wanted to…
Beyoncé the FEMINIST
THIS IS WHAT A FEMINIST LOOKS LIKE! Really? If Beyonce is a “feminist,” so is this bimbo. Modern feminists are a cult who’s ideology is dying a slow and painful death, I say GOOD RIDDANCE!! I lost all respect for…
Hot Crazy Matrix – A Man’s Guide to Women
I think my girlfriend just might be a unicorn:
Stasi: Robin Williams’ $30M alimony to ex-wives contributed to his death
By LINDA STASI Did alimony kill Robin Williams? At least in part it sure did. Paying out over $30 million to ex-wives who were allowed to attach themselves to Williams’ bank account like comatose patients on feeding tubes would be…
They’re right, I DON’T understand feminism
By Ron Collins – follow him on twitter @framersqool For anyone following the #womenagainstfeminism hashtag on Twitter, or the other online venues where this is trending, one will readily observe just how often the charge is made (or is it…
Black Thought and Self Reliance
I’m reading The Souls Of Black Folk by W.E.B.DuBois now. A great book and a must read for all Americans. Published in 1903, it explored a variety of subjects of black life in that time period. It’s a great reminder…
The Father Project
In my research and experience dealing with divorcing couples, whenever a woman has major issues with men, there are usually issues with the woman’s father and her relationship with him. It’s important that people make amends and deal with those…
Women against #WomenAgainstFeminism
An excerpt from this article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/women-against-womenagainstfeminism/article19970342/ Do we still need feminism? According to many younger women, we do not. For the past few weeks, a Tumblr hashtag campaign called #WomenAgainstFeminism has been stirring up a lot of angst in the Twitter/blogosphere.…
Kickin it wit my daddy!!
I thought this was fun:
Backlash: College men challenge ‘guilty until proven innocent’ standard for sex assault cases
An excerpt from this article: http://washingtonexaminer.com/backlash-college-men-challenge-guilty-until-proven-innocent-standard-for-sex-assault-cases/article/2551863 Kevin Parisi is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and barely weighs 120 pounds. He’s hunched over and walking with a cane after back surgery earlier this year. He suffers from severe anxiety and digestive…
Women Against Feminism
Dad’s Don’t Get Work-Life Balance Empathy
An excerpt from this article: http://www.timsackett.com/2014/08/08/dads-dont-get-work-life-balance-empathy/ Friends and colleagues often ask my wife how she balances her job and motherhood. Somehow, the same people don’t ask me.” When we talk about ‘inclusion’ we aren’t really talking about everyone. That’s the…
I AM THE WORLD’S WORST LESBIAN
I wish all feminist thought like this. From this post: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/lax/55453552.html It’s true. I don’t do anything like a normal feminist lesbian would. And I AM A FEMINIST LESBIAN. First: I like men. I like men so much it’s pathetic. I…
Due Process, Clarity Suffer As Feds Tackle Campus Sexual Assault
An excerpt from an article written by Robert Shibley, an attorney, is Senior Vice President of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). On Tuesday, the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault unveiled its first report.…
New Peanut Butter Cheerios Commercial: #HowToDad
Why a commercial? All of this is common knowledge isn’t it?
I like the fact that it’s the right mix of fun and responsible, which the vast majority of fathers are anyway. After years of ads like THIS and reports of how negatively men are portrayed in advertisements over the years, we finally have images of a father who is actually cool, funny, interesting, loving, caring, and runs his home. I’ve had it with the nonsense and I’m glad the fight is starting to pay off. Check this out:
Verizon’s Inspire Her Mind ad and the facts they didn’t tell you
Do girls fall behind in science and engineering because our society tells them they should be pretty, rather than, “pretty brilliant?” That’s the message of a new viral Verizon campaign. But the Factual Feminist shows that many inconvenient facts were held back to construct the the misleading narrative.