If you’ve detected a recent theme in our lead Fatherhood on Friday stories (the college admissions scandal, feeling judged, building character), it’s been the importance of exposing our kids to adversity and helping them learn … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Building Character
In one of our favorite reads this week, Molly Pascal described how discovering Calvin and Hobbes improved her son’s reading skills and inspired him to dream “galactically bigger.” If you’re a fan (and if you’re … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Behind The Buckets
March Madness has plenty of drama, measured in buzzer beaters and busted brackets. But every year, the backdrop of basketball conjures its share of compelling stories about fathers and sons, victory and vindication, legacy and … Read More
FoF: In LeBron We Trust
There’s something oddly comforting about this year’s NBA playoffs. Over the eight months since the season began, we’ve seen the usual drama, real and manufactured. Season-ending injuries, teams gutted and rebuilt for now (or tanking for … Read More
FoF: Celebrating San Antonio with Our Weekend-Only Final Fourtitude Sale
This Friday, of all Fridays, is a remarkable confluence of events that are routinely celebrated with religious fervor: Good Friday, Passover, and Final Four’s Eve. If you’re celebrating Easter on Sunday, He is risen! If … Read More
FoF: Walking Out With the Future
This past Wednesday, students across America participated in walkouts to honor the victims of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, as well as raise their collective voices for new gun laws. The Internet was full … Read More
FoF: The Earth Exhales
They say Spring is a time for hearts of fancy, rebirth and allergies—the tales of the twitterpated. It is all those things, and then some, but we live in a time when such things are … Read More
FoF: Survive and Advance
It’s time for the latest in fatherhood (basketball-ish edition). That’s right, we’re talking March Dadness. How is your bracket?
Fatherhood on Friday: A Moveable Feast
Hemingway believed that Paris is a moveable feast, and we feel his reasoning — that “wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you” — is a perfect description of fatherhood, … Read More