The 2016 elections may be over, but as many ruefully predicted, we’re still feeling the fallout. We knew that, regardless of who won, half the country would be deeply disappointed in the result. Beyond that, however, we’re … Read More
FoF: What the World Series Taught Us
Most of us have been raised to accept baseball as America’s pastime, but this year, in the wake of a country coming together for 10 magical innings, it might mean more than ever. As we’ve … Read More
FoF: Show Us Your “Movember Eve” Costumes!
October is full of surprises, and while that may be especially true in an election year, it’s even more so for baseball fans in Chicago and Cleveland, who’ve waited a collective 176 years for a … Read More
FoF: Stories in the Spotlight
Your words, your tales of fatherhood, laughs and loss, fears and frustrations, moments and milestones. You wrote them down because they mattered. You shared them because you had to. But hitting Publish doesn’t have to … Read More
The Words on the Bus Go Round and Round
The video and audio have been everywhere, a shockwave that everyone, to some degree or another, has felt. The political fallout has been extraordinary, but we choose to focus on what this tape means to … Read More
Jeepers Veepers
October brings a steady flow of holidays—religious, appreciative, controversial—and it’s astounding how fast our calendars fill up with family fun and festivities. One minute the baseball playoffs are starting, the next you’re skimming Butterfingers from your … Read More
Miller Grants open, Speaker box stuffed
We’ve mentioned Oren Miller a lot since his death 19 months ago. We’ve invoked his heart, his stubbornness, and his gift with words (which we were grateful to share before and after his passing). We’ve walked almost … Read More
In Defense of #BigScaryBlackDads
The above photo was taken at Dad 2.016 following our “Parenting and the Modern African-American Man” panel, which covered many topics, viewed through the lens of the reality of life as a black man in America. … Read More
Quests, Practice, and the Setting of Example
Before we commence with this week’s fatherhood news, let’s address the speaker in the room—especially because the room is a beautiful space inside the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine, and that speaker should be you! Our … Read More
Fatherhood On Friday: Facing Outward
This Sunday marks 15 years since the attacks of September 11, 2001. It’s hard to believe there are teenagers who’ve never known a world with the Twin Towers standing in lower Manhattan, and harder to … Read More