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A Lacrosse Coach's Big Lesson: Playing to Win Requires Teamwork

By Jeff Nelligan

After Miscarriage and Stillbirth, I'm Still Determined To Be a Dad

By Alexander Diegel

Father & Child Relationships

The Joy of Cuddling With My Kid in the Middle of the Night

By Matthew S. Rosin

Father & Child Relationships

I Didn’t Really Feel Like a Dad Until This Happened

Father & Child Relationships

My Drug Addiction Involved My Family. My Recovery Should, Too.

By Christopher O'Brien

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Fatherhood Is Low-Key Torture That Also Makes Me Whole I love my kids. I just wish they had little 'off' switches on the back of their necks.

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I Thought Parenting Was Easy Until I Became a Stay-at-Home Dad I now appreciate the incredibly hard work my wife does every day, because now I've done it.

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I’m an NFL Defensive End and a Poet. This Is What Growing Up With a Single Mom Looks Like. My mother was a strong, big-hearted woman who worked hard, was second to no man, and taught me how to do masculinity right.

How I Forgave My Dad for Emotionally Neglecting Me My father never apologized for what he did, but forgiveness doesn't require an apology.

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My Son Was Killed in a School Shooting. Here’s How Families Can Help Prevent the Next One. There are ways to see violence coming. The organization I co-founded is helping families and schools learn — and report — the signs.

I Taught My Son How to Be a Man. I Should Have Taught Him How to Be a Father. Manhood is an action sport. Fatherhood is the art of being there.

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My Kids Are Growing Up Way Too Fast and I’m Dying Inside It's painful to watch my daughters grow up so fast. But it's a good reminder to be the father I want to be and not have any regrets.

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No One in My Family Could Teach Me How to Be a Dad — Except They Did These were the guys I had to learn from: the old guy with the horrible jokes and bad polyester suits, and the guy who dropped my brother on his head during a game of "Pass-the-Baby." I was doomed.

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