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Jimmy Fallon EMBRACES Fatherhood: 'The Tonight Show' Host Shares Sweet Snap Of Daughter Frances Cole On Instagram

Jimmy Fallon of 'The Tonight Show' posted a new photo of daughter Frances Cole, whom the talk show host lovingly calls Franny on his Facebook account and she's a cutie-patootie!

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James Corden: Hosting Late Late Night ‘Pales in Significance’ to Fatherhood

Late nights are all about diaper duty for new dad James Corden. But his after-hours schedule is about to take a turn when the British actor and comedian takes the reins of the Late Late Show from Craig Ferguson in March.

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Single Dad Out With Daughter Recieves Heartwarming Valentine's Day Note By Strangers

A single dad out with his daughter on Valentine's Day was left a heartwarming note by complete strangers. The anonymous message praised him as being a strong role model and has since gone viral.

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Behind These Eyes: A Father's Invisible Grief

"Mr. Fiorella, we've found your son. I'm sorry...." After a frantic search for our 19-year-old son, these were the first words shared by the police officer who reported that my son had been found dead, by his own hands.It's a phrase that will forever be etched in my mind; words that continue to elicit conflicting emotions and memories. 

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Ballet Dads

We've got three sons and a daughter. They arrived in that order. By the time our daughter Emily was born, I had coached and/or refereed multiple seasons of Little League, Muni Basketball and AYSO. When our daughter arrived, she showed great promise as a tenacious, though tiny, basketball player. Then things changed.

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More Family Time Can Give Dad’s Career a Lift

More time with the kids appears to be a career boost for many working dads, a new study found. Fathers feel greater job satisfaction and less work-life conflict when they spend more time caring for their children, according to the study, which surveyed 970 fathers in a variety of occupations. And men are less likely than women to feel friction between work and home life when they devote more time to child care, the study found. The research was published in the February issue of the Academy of Management Perspectives.

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Dad's Rap For Disabled Son Inspires The Web

A dad in Connecticut is pulling at the heartstrings of the Web with a beautiful rap song dedicated to his son. Jayce Correia’s 8-year-old boy, Jared, was born with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and other serious medical conditions. He told Yahoo News, “Jared suffered a stroke in utero. He was born with hydrocephalus and had his first of seven brain surgeries at only three days old. Shortly after, the diagnoses just poured in — septo-optic dysplasia, cerebral palsy, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, schizencephaly, and more.”

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Dad Writes Heartbreaking Response To Nationwide's Child Death Ad

Nationwide caused an uproar with its Super Bowl ad about accidents that kill children. Critics called it morbid and disturbing and accused the company of using child deaths to sell insurance. But it was especially difficult to watch for Frank Eliason, whose daughter, Gia, died in 2004 at the age of 4 during a liver transplant. "We are over 10 years later, and I still think of her every day," Eliason wrote on LinkedIn

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Novak Djokovic Says Fatherhood Has Given Him A New Perspective

Like any new father, Novak Djokovic has quickly developed a new perspective on life and tennis. The Serbian won his fifth Australian Open title on Sunday, beating Andy Murray 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-0 but his thoughts turned to family, rather than the trophy he had just won. For Djokovic, the win was all the sweeter because it was his first grand slam title since he and his wife Jelena celebrated the birth of their first child last October.

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To Protect His Son, A Father Asks School To Bar Unvaccinated Children

Carl Krawitt has watched his son, Rhett, now 6, fight leukemia for the past 4 1/2 years. For more than three of those years, Rhett has undergone round after round of chemotherapy. Last year he finished chemotherapy, and doctors say he is in remission. Now, there's a new threat, one that the family should not have to worry about: measles.Rhett cannot be vaccinated, because his immune system is still rebuilding. It may be months more before his body is healthy enough to get all his immunizations.

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NFL Tough Guys Need Dads, Too

"What do you think you missed not having a dad around?" Marshawn Lynch, the grumpy, often-fined National Football League star for the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, was asked that question. Lynch, raised on the mean streets of Oakland, California, by a single mother, said: "Nothing. My mama played both parts." When asked, however, why he finds it difficult to "trust" people, Lynch tells a story about his father: "I think it started earlier, when Mom would (take me over to my dad's) house. 

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