The product of a blended family and blended citizenship, Kevin Shafer is an associate professor at BYU who specifically chose fatherhood as his primary research concentration. He uses his PhD, his Twitter platform, and his … Read More
Episode 97: Jared Bilski Found Wisdom in the Wudder
In early September, the “remnants” of Hurricane Ida flooded metropolitan Philadelphia — and took out the entire first floor of Jared Bilski’s house. And like all good writers, he turned the resulting flood of neighborly … Read More
Back To … I Guess We’re Calling It “School”?
We had the Spring, when the initial shock of the pandemic lowered the educative stakes while families tried to find our footing. We had the Summer, when we gritted our teeth and watched our hopes … Read More
Take A Break.
Welcome to the second half of 2020, which in our estimation needs a midseason reboot. Strip it down to the studs. Wipe the hard drive. Today is the public holiday when we celebrate American independence, … Read More
International Men’s Day Should Absolutely Be A Thing
The image above is a still from this video, where several people read and react to information about International Men’s Day (November 19). Early on, a woman asks the question that many are probably thinking: “Isn’t … Read More
FoF: Every Day Is A Thing
The week after Thanksgiving is the new spirit week: Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday and Wacky Wednesday. We made that last one up. As an added bonus, every day offers opportunities to share (or learn) a new lesson.
FoF: Gratitude is Fair Play
As you may have figured out from your time drawing breath on this Earth, life is not fair. Whether it’s a kid who’s forced to share something, or an adult who’s trying to divide and … Read More
FoF: Everybody Cut, Everybody Cut
If you’re the parent of a teenager (or someone who’s old enough to want to act like one), this weekend you might just be sending them off to a Homecoming, or an Autumn Festival, or … Read More
FoF: We Won’t Back Down
“And if you get lucky, you might find someone To help you get over the pain that will come.“ On Monday night, Tom Petty died of cardiac arrest at the depressingly young age of 66. … Read More
FoF: Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, Even the Internet Kind
Longtime readers of this weekly column know that, first and foremost, we’re all about dad news. And we’ll cop to skewing our coverage to the positive, in an attempt to counterbalance the disproportionate coverage of … Read More