Earlier this week, Saints quarterback Drew Brees set the NFL record for passing yards in front of a nationwide Monday Night Football audience. And amid the massive celebration, among the bright lights and a frenzied … Read More
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: Sex, Drugs, and Kim Jong-Underpants
If your kids have access to the Internet, or television, or have any semblance of a social life beyond living in a pillow fort in the basement, they’ve likely heard something about a man named … Read More
FoF: Constructive and Eructive
New fathers are familiar with the healing power of a pat on the back. And this week, dads got few that hit the proverbial spot. Back in February, we were proud to welcome Dove to speak with fathers about … Read More
FoF: San Diegans celebrating six sensational Summits
This is it, folks! The last Fatherhood on Friday before Dad 2.017, and we couldn’t be more excited. In just six short sleeps, we’ll all be slipping into something a little warmer (San Diego), loving … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Finding a Cure for the Summertime Blues
Summer is still stretching across parts of the country, but for many American children it came to an abrupt end this week. Eddie Cochran never saw it coming. It was the first day of school … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: A Trifecta of Deadlines
Isn’t it great to associate April 15 with deadlines that are actually pleasant? This year, your taxes (or your extension forms, anyway) aren’t due until Monday, so you have today to concentrate three very important … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Speak Now
Next week is all about speakers, ideas, and the collective groundwork of conversation that will blossom into the powerful interactions offered at Dad 2.016. That this coincides with Rosh Hashanah is, indeed, just coincidence, but … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: We All Get a Trophy!
Even by Internet standards, this was a volatile week for (mostly trivial) bickering, and nothing took the brunt of it like … cargo shorts? After a fundamentally silly BuzzFeed piece (that somehow thought that the average … Read More
Fatherhood on Friday: Super dads and a football game
There is always a lull of sorts between the year-end holidays and the first signs of spring. Some people call that downtime “winter” or “playoffs,” but both sound so deflating. We prefer to look on … Read More