By Belinda Luscombe – Tmie Magazine Wednesday, Sept. 01, 2010 The fact that the average American working woman earns only about 8o% of what the average American working man earns has been something of a festering sore for at least…
Category: Fatherhood
Home with dada
I think this is great. I would love to do the same thing, but compile footage of my nine years of being at home with my kids. These kinds of moments don’t last for long. Enjoy them while they are…
When is a sperm donor a father?
After putting an ad on Craigslit, an agreement was made between Jennifer Schreiner, Angela Bauer and William Marotta. William was to be the sperm donor but to not have any parental rights. The couple chooses to have the child with William.…
A representative with testicular fortitude
It is sad that legislators in our country don’t have the BALLS to make a reasoned, rational and logical explanation of modern family law. I heard about this on various sites and though I’d share it with you. What you…
A ‘dad’ is tenth most popular Christmas list request for children
A ‘dad’ is tenth most popular Christmas list request for children with youngsters happy to forgo the latest iPad, toy or new pet, a survey has found. When it comes to Christmas, it might be safe to assume children will…
Having A Father In The Home
“…….Fatherlessness is a problem for homes and communities. Yes, women are holding our communities down, but that’s because they have to. Where are the men who are willing to stand up and take charge? Women shouldn’t have to shoulder the…
Seen Also In Men
A documentary about the paternal instinct three fathers hold that pushes them to fight for meaningful relationships with their children. Under the weight of broken relationships with their own fathers, the negative stereotypes of what a black father does not…
My kids
[slideshow] I stopped them at the door before we were leaving today while they were putting on their shoes and said, “I want you guys to LISTEN to me!!!” They were a bit scared and though I was going…
How Prisoners Make Us Look Good
“Over 80 percent of black children have been abandoned emotionally and, usually, economically by their fathers,” he continued. “It is not the case that black children are deprived of paternal emotional and economic support because their fathers are in prison;…
Chris Rock on being a working father
“I’m fortunate. I grew up, two parents, my dad was really into it, so just by osmosis, I’m just really into it. I never really looked at it as a chore or whatever. When I hear people talk about juggling,…
“Increasing numbers of single-parent and stepparent families does not strengthen the social fabric but, rather, dramatically weakens and undermines society”
Over the past two and a half decades Americans have been conducting what is tantamount to a vast natural experiment in family life. Many would argue that this experiment was necessary, worthwhile, and long overdue. The results of the experiment…
Leave your family and still get a nice payday.
Wow, a mother who leaves her family, and receives a massive payday in the process. I feel more men need a little more manhood training to deal with the realities of life in the new millennium. Why would any father…
Michelle’s dad & America’s real crisis
“The parental characteristics that employers value and are willing to pay for, such as skills, diligence, honesty, good health, and reliability, also improve children’s life chances, independent of their effect on parents’ income,” Susan Mayer writes in her book “What…
Divorce Game
Here is some unsolicited advice to people going through a divorce. Listen to some comedy. When you are grieving and having a rough time, comic releif will help tremendously. It certainly helped me during my battle with my ex. Here…
Becoming a Parent
The Pursuit of Happyness author Chris Gardner on the importance of fatherhood, and the commitment he made at age 5 regarding his future as a father. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1JZ42d-Dsg&w=420&h=315] Chris Gardner is the owner and CEO of Gardner Rich LLC with offices in New…
Am I a ‘Working Dad’?
By KEN GORDON from the New York Times I’m a dad — two children, 9 and 7 — and I work. Hard. I fall out of bed at about 5 a.m. and stumble back there at about 10 p.m.,…
Fatherhood…a social role
Fatherhood is a social role: a pattern of expectations for male behavior that socializes men by encouraging them to protect and nurture their offspring, The essential difference between biological paternity and fatherhood is that biological paternity produces a child, fatherhood…
What is the problem with Disney princesses?
In the notes of my son’s class, there was information about dressing up for Halloween. There was a specific note that said “no Disney princess costumes because they ask girls to be docile (sleep for 100 years, stay in a…
It takes a man to be a dad
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‘Sleepovers’ With My 9-Year-Old Daughter
I just read a great pice in the Motherlode section of the NY Times. When I was in high school in the late ’80s, I took a job baby-sitting for a single mother with a 9-year-old boy. I didn’t…
