Even during an age when traditional gender roles are being aggressively questioned, the notion of the goofy, hapless dad is still pretty entrenched in our cultural imagination. Moms are expected to be constant (and constantly nurturing) big-time problem solvers, while dads are seen as having a more peripheral role that can be broken down to discrete, practical tasks — someone's gotta teach the kid how to ride a bike, after all.
Read MoreIt’s never too early to teach our children that they deserve to be treated with love and respect, and that’s just the message one father is imparting to his 2-year-old daughter in this adorable video. Los Angeles dad Demetrius Brown catches Nola mid-meal and gives her a quick but memorable lesson: a man should always keep your honor intact, he should only lay a hand on you if he is “giving you love,” and daddy will always be there to make sure you’re treated well.
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As well as fighting for women’s equality, we should be lobbying for men to be equal partners at home. The financial and cultural benefits would change our world. Tony has been accumulating identities. He’s the son of Mexican immigrants; his father was abusive. He’s a high school drop-out. He was a gang member and then an inmate who’d been jailed for gang activity and the use of a deadly weapon. Gang tattoos are still inked onto his face, like scarlet letters.
Read MoreTom Attwater, of the United Kingdom, is fighting to save his stepdaughter’s life while battling the same disease that threatens his own health. Attwater’s stepdaughter Kelli, 5, had begun her second round of cancer treatment when Attwater was diagnosed with brain cancer....
Read MoreWhile most people want a white Christmas, depending on where you live in West Michigan, that may not happen. But, one father is making sure his kids will have snow on Christmas for sure. There are two types of Michiganders: those who don’t like the snow, and those like Mark Hughes. For the past four years, Hughes has created a winter wonderland for his family when mother nature wouldn’t cooperate.
Read MoreA dad in Australia has claimed the Guinness World Record title for the largest image made of LED lights with a mesmerizing display featuring almost 1.2 million lights. The Christmas scene, masterminded by lawyer David Richards and built with the help of volunteers, features 1,194,380 lights that give the illusion of three interconnected wrapped gifts, set to a backdrop of more lights, according to Guinness World Records.
Read MoreA dad decided to surprise his two kids with “terrible” presents two weeks before Christmas, but he never imagined what would be their reaction. “As we approach Christmas I wonder if my children realise how fortunate they are when they are inevitably spoilt rotten on Christmas Day,” Tim Cocker wrote in the description of the YouTube video.
Read MoreIn this video, four dads simultaneously show off their holiday style and their dance moves, sporting ugly Christmas sweaters while getting down to dubstep. In an ad for Sainsbury's, dads show off their dubstep moves while sporting Christmas sweaters. Sainsbury's, who put the video together, is a supermarket in the United Kingdom known for its holiday ads, like its viral Christmas ad from last month, a recreation of the ceasefire of Christmas 1914.
Read MoreFatherhood is everything Ashton Kutcher dreamed it would be—and more!
The Two and a Half Men star cooed over his 2-month old daughter, Wyatt Isabelle Kutcher, when he stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show Friday. "It's just [Mila Kunis] and you taking care of the baby?" host Ellen DeGeneres asked. Kutcher replied, "Yes, just the two of us. It's awesome. It's unbelievable."
Read MoreMadyson Pohlman, 3, had one wish for Santa. Her dad, Army Staff Sergeant Josh Pohlman, has been in Afghanistan for the past nine months. Madyson told Santa she wanted her daddy to come home for Christmas. Most kids have to wait for Christmas Day for Santa to grant their wishes, but for Madyson, Christmas came a little early.
Read MoreWhen new dads were involved in a breastfeeding support program at the hospital, new moms were more likely to still be breastfeeding three months later, a new study showed. “This is consistent with what is in the literature suggesting fathers play an important role in breastfeeding,” said lead author Jennifer Abbass-Dick of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Canada.
Read MoreThe average dad suffers 22 injuries a year caused by ‘rough and tumble’ while playing with the kids. A study of 2,000 parents revealed the wear and tear on Britain’s dads takes its toll from accidental kicks to the face - or worse - to bad backs from being a human climbing frame. In fact, the average dad of school-aged children experiences 22 injuries per year - eight of those while playing with the little ones.
Read MoreA few years ago, something about Thanksgiving changed for me. After decades of appreciating the holiday but having it mean little more than watching parades and football while eating as much as possible, I found myself thinking deeper about the holiday's most enduring question: What are you thankful for?
Read MoreMillions of crazed One Direction fans turned their attention away from their beloved boys during theAmerican Music Awards Sunday for this guy: Jerry Riekert, who is old enough to be their dad. Riekert, 50, sent one tweet that won them over. One Direction fans immediately blindsided him, retweeting him 11,000 times and favoriting the tweet nearly 9,500 thousand times.
Read MoreAs a general rule, when you tell your husband you're not going to put something on YouTube, you probably shouldn't do it. Well, unless the content of the video is just that good. This woman presented her husband, Dale, with a sign that said "Game over" and a tiny pair of shoes. He reacted by saying...
Read MoreWhat do you do if you find your kids misbehaving? You might give them a stern talk or maybe even a time out. But what if they're misbehaving in the most adorable way possible? Well, then all bets are off. One dad was faced with that dilemma when his two little boys thoroughly covered their faces — and everything else — in paint.
Read MoreUK: More than a third of fathers are forced to use their annual leave instead of paternity leave in order to afford to spend time with their new babies, a survey for Mumsnet has found. Experts say the statutory rate for paternity leave is too low, at just £138.18 or $216.74 a week for two weeks, half the earnings of someone on the minimum wage.
Read MoreThis is the heart-warming moment a dad jumps off the roof of a garage and gives his cancer stricken son the birthday present of his dreams. In 2013, Jayden Wilson was diagnosed with a Grade 4 Brain Stem Tumour and given just a year to live. Dad Mike Wilson decided to do something special on his fifth birthday - and filmed his stunned son's reaction as Spider-Man turned up at his party.
Read MoreA new dad who lost both his wife and baby boy in a matter of days found some comfort from the inconceivable heartbreak through a tender song he performed for the tiny infant. A video of musician Chris Picco singing the Beatles’ classic “Blackbird” to his son Lennon James in the neonatal intensive care unit of Loma Linda University Hospital in California has moved hundreds of thousands of people after it was posted on YouTube by a friend of the family.
Read MoreJason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde recently became the parents of an adorable little boy named Otis. While most people change when they become parents, Jason said that he was surprised just how much fatherhood changed him. He said that he used to take his time getting home after working on a show or film and was disappointed when his friends, who were already fathers, wanted to rush home instead of going out for drinks.
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