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Dancing With the Stars Just Legitimized Dads Talking About Miscarriage

By Patrick A. Coleman

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

By Jeremy Brown

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My Father Died When I Was a Kid. I'm Still Grieving, 30 Years Later.

By Surjit Singh Flora

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I Should Have Been Nicer to My Dad. Now It's Too Late

By Jeffrey Pitts

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Waking Up Before Dawn With My Son, on the Day of a Funeral

By Jay Stooksberry

The Very Real Consequences of Cutting Off Your Parents

By Virginia Pelley

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Pregnancy Loss, Our Worst Day, and a Letter to My Love While She Sleeps We had known that our daughter might not make it, but then we got the terrible news.

What I Wish My Husband Knew About My Post-Baby Grief I gave birth to a happy, healthy baby. But still, I grieved the idealized birth I'd envisioned. I needed my husband to understand why I couldn't understand why.

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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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.

The Kids Are With My Ex. I'm Free. Then, the Guilt Comes After a custody weekend with my kids, however great, I can't wait to have a moment to myself. Once they're gone, I feel nothing but guilt. Now I know what it means.

Father & Child Relationships

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.

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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.

‘Three Billboards’ Takes an Unapologetic Look at the Chaotic Nature of Existence and Parenthood Francis McDormand puts on a masterful performance as a grieving mother seeking justice from a system that doesn't have answers to her questions.

The One and Only Time I Held My Son How do you say goodbye to someone you've waited so long to meet? How did I?

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