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What to Say to Someone Who Lost a Parent

By Matt Berical

6 Lessons About Life From a Father Who's Seen a Lot of Death

By Lizzy Francis

Planning For Your Death Has Never Been Easier. Get. It. Done.

By Jeremy Brown

Health & Science

What Really Kills American Babies

By Patrick A. Coleman

The Death of a Parent Is Life-Changing. Keep These Tips in Mind as You Grieve.

By Jeremy Brown

Fatherly Voices

We Talked to Our Kids About Death, and It Got Surreal Fast

By Brett Grayson

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Estate Planning? Consider a Trust, Not a Will It's likely the better option for you.

What I Learned When I Buried My Father It’s impossible to understand what the role of a father is until you lose yours.

Losing a Parent Changes Us Forever Grief is both real and measurable. Scientists now know that losing a parent changes us forever.

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Talking Bluntly to My Toddler About Death Was the Best Decision Sometimes, it's best to be straightforward.

Father & Child Relationships

Anthony Bourdain Taught Me How To Be A Bad-Ass Dad Mourning the loss of a really good man and a really good father

Teacher Feeds Puppy to a Snapping Turtle, Teach Kids a Lesson Animals eat other animals and death is almost certainly a reality. And it turns out there are some really good ways to teach those lessons to kids, without using puppies.

Dear Dads on the Sidelines: My Fatherless Son Needs You After my husband passed away, my kids needed me to be strong. But they also needed a community of men.

How to Talk to Little Kids About Death In a Way They Understand Be sensitive, but don't sugarcoat the truth.

After His Son’s Tragic Death, This Doctor Fought to Put Backup Cameras In Every Car In 2002, Dr. Greg Gulbransen accidentally backed over and killed his young son. He turned his agony into activism and fought for backup cameras in every car. This month, he won.

Health & Science

My Father's Final Lesson Before my father died, I recorded his life story. I couldn't bring myself to listen to it until more than a year later. When I did, I finally found what I'd been missing.

How to Choose the Right Executor for Your Will Protecting egos may seem important, but the main goal in choosing an executor should be selecting someone who’s up to the task.

8 Great Kid’s TV Episodes That Talk Honestly About Death Each episode tackles the subject in a different way.

The 24 Billboards Outside Kenosha, Wisconsin Tell A Father’s Real Story Michael Bell's son was shot point-blank by police. Nothing happened, so he started posting ads. Then, people began to notice.

Father & Child Relationships

Daughter Writes Hilarious Obituary for Her Late Father "Terry left behind 32 jars of Miracle Whip, 17 boxes of Hamburger Helper, and multitudes of other random items..."

Finding the Right Words to Use After My Daughter’s Stillbirth I don’t know how to make sense of most of this, but so goes grief and its slanted cycles.

Looking At My Father’s Life in Photos After his father's death, a son looks through his dad's old photographs and pieces together the parts he never saw.

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