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Finding Forgiveness After Addiction: How I Healed Alongside My Father

By Kassie Perkins

Let's Make Sure Our Kids Lookout For the Bus Drivers

By Chris Foster

The Dog That Was There For It All

By Dutch Simmons

I'm a Dad in Progress. And I'm Very Okay With That.

I'm the White Dad of a Black Son. This Time Is a Wake-up Call

By Adam Roseman

Being Open About My Depression Helps Me Be a Better Father

By Christian Henderson

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How to Lead Your Family Like a Business During Tough Times Some advice from an entrepreneur and father of six.

A 'Chinese Virus' With a Chinese Cure There's no direct English translation for "Huàn Nàn Yǔ Gòng," an acknowledgment that sometimes thing suck and we need to get through them together.

My Son Loves Kangaroos... What do you tell your child about a world on fire? Not too much. You help them take action by donating or doing charity work.

She Saved My Life I had a miserable childhood defined by cruelty and pain. Now, I'm raising a happy girl and life feels substantively different.

The Best Homemade Christmas Present for Kids Toys are great and clothes are fine, but those things lose value over time. Memories do the opposite. And your kids will come to appreciate them more as they age.

When Kids Get Older, Sleepovers Get Weird I used to really enjoy having my sons' friends spend the night. That has changed.

The No Good Very Dad Day Look, not every day is going to be a good day. Sometimes the key isn't to enjoy parenting, it's to collect information and prepare to do better next time.

A Letter To My Non-Verbal Son When you were my first born. And I imagined you being my shadow. I had plans. Those plans have changed.

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