A Parent Is Born

Justin Ricklefs has four daughters and, over the years, he’s put together this list of fifteen things that fathers need to know about…

The benefits of a quality father-child relationship are undeniable. Here are ways you can improve yours.

A father laments over his to-do list that isn’t as important as caring for his baby.

For a parent who is a baseball lover, raising a son who didn’t like sports took effort. How else can you bond if not over sports?

Instead of imposing society’s toxic expectations of masculinity, Paget Norton works on developing in her son these more useful qualities.

When does parenting become too much parenting?

Of all the capacities we have for managing change and chaos, play — -the one we knew so intimately as children — -still serves us best.

I have learned to forgive and even love you, but I never really liked you. And now you are dying.

You don’t have to go along with the crowd to be accepted.

Breaking an old school mold, for a new school role.

Sports are great, but we shouldn’t pressure boys to play just to prove their masculinity.

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The things we say to our kids help shape their identity. Joanna Schroeder explains how a few key words and phrases can empower our sons.

Being forced to deal with each other in close quarters for many years, we develop a lot of short cuts. Our own secret “language”, if you…

Warning: This is a raw, detailed account of a traumatic birthing experience

This dad was apprehensive when his young son wanted to wear a pink dress to the playground. Another dad’s reaction impressed him with the…

Gretchen Edwards-Bodmer is raising a happy and joyful son without following rigid gender roles or rules. And she wants you to understand…

Peder Hill talks about the effects of anger on children and what he’s learned about being a dad.

Ariel Chesler is the proud father of two daughters, and there are no gaps in his happiness that can only be filled by having a son. So stop…

How does one family create three boys who express their masculinity so differently?

Adults are constantly warning teens about what they’ll regret. Here, 11 things they probably won’t.

Puberty is difficult enough. Imagine going through it when you’re nine.

What do you wish you heard about “being a man” when you were coming of age?

Tor Constantino shares 3 critical things he tells his kids that his own father never told him.