Local Dads Create Masterpieces On Their Children's Lunch Bags

Chefs know that when it comes to providing food, presentation counts. So do a couple of local dads. Each day, their kids go to school toting a paper lunch bag that each dad has embellished with a Transformer, or a goofy rabbit, or Elsa from “Frozen,” or a burping banana.

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Outlet Offered For Dads Of Kids With Down Syndrome

They're a group of 40 fathers, brothers, uncles and grandfathers who start their meetings asking about how each other's kids are doing. They make up the local chapter of DADS, or Dads Appreciating Down Syndrome, a national organization of fathers of children who have the condition.

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Christmas In September: Family, Friends Pack ‘Lifetime Into Days’ After Dad's Grim Diagnosis

Frank Henderson may have only a short time to live, but that’s not stopping his family and his community from helping him check items off his Bucket List, including celebrating Christmas in September.

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Cuisinart Baby Food Maker & Bottle Warmer Review

During the course of being dad to 7 baby newbie eaters, I have tried almost every trick in the book for making baby food, mashing, grinding, chopping and pre-chewing it myself! So when I was approached to review the new Cuisinart Baby Food Maker & Bottle Warmer, the geek in me couldn’t resist a new challenge!

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Oklahoma City Dads Make Time For Important Lesson

For the last three years, schools in the Oklahoma City district have been participating in the Take Your Child to School Day, organized by TRUE Dads Oklahoma. Fathers, stepfathers, uncles and other men are invited to bring their student to school and have breakfast with them in the cafeteria.

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At-Home Dads Convention Heralds Change in Attitudes, Market Power

"Are dads the new moms?" asked a video clip in a crowded hotel ballroom on Friday. "No!" said the men gathered for the 19th annual At-Home Dads Convention in Denver. The event, which continues through Saturday at the Marriott SpringHill Suites, drew 105 attendees for its 2014 gathering — up from 73 at last year's event, which was also held in Denver.

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No, Adrian Peterson. It is Not OK to Beat a Child With a Stick

Last week Adrian Peterson, Running Back for the Minnesota Vikings, was indicted by a Grand Jury in Texas for Child Abuse. While discussing it with various people, I have been absolutely stunned by those putting up a defense. Not just defending Peterson, but actually defending the practice of beating a child with a stick

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Hope Solo: US Soccer Doubling Down on Domestic Violence Double Standard?

It takes a lot to match the N.F.L these days when it comes to missteps in the handling of players charged with assaulting family members and loved ones. But Thursday, at a time when domestic violence in sports is dominating the national conversation, U.S. Soccer did just that — again — by keeping Solo in goal when she shouldn’t have been anywhere near it.

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