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.
Read MoreMore 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.
Read MoreHere is your daily dose of ADORABLE! Greg Wickherst is a single Dad from Colorado who was faced with a conundrum upon splitting from his 3-year-old daughter’s mother over a year ago.
Read MoreA 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.”
Read MoreNationwide 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.
Read MoreLike 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.
Read MoreCarl 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.
Read More"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.
Read MorePope Francis pulled off his kid gloves Wednesday, denouncing in the strongest terms what he called a “society without fathers.” “Particularly in Western culture,” he said, the father figure is “symbolically absent, missing and removed.” At first, Francis explained, the absence of fathers “was perceived as a liberation: liberation from the father-master, from the father as a representative of the law that is imposed from the outside, from the father as a censor of the happiness of children and obstacle to the emancipation and autonomy of young people.”
Read MoreI always wanted kids—-always wanted to be dad. Luckily, my wife and I have been blessed with three kiddos of our own—-currently each of them is still under the age of 13 and technically still a child. However, in just a few short years our two oldest will be in high school.....
Read MoreOften ignored or portrayed as a dolt in advertising, the family patriarch is finally getting his due. Kind and gentle dads are populating pitches this year for everything from General Mills' Cheerios and HyundaiSonata to Similac. Proud papas will also star in at least three Super Bowl spots -- for Unilever's Dove Men+Care, Toyota and Nissan -- all of which feature fatherhood prominently and positively. Dads are even getting a lot more notice from two brands marketed by "The Proud Sponsor of Mom." A new spot for Procter & Gamble's Swiffer WetJet shows a single dad playing with his little boy and cleaning up later.
Read MoreA private Christian school in Tennessee has told a pair of prospective parents to look elsewhere — because they happen to be gay dads. “I believe another education provider would be a better fit for your children. Therefore, we cannot grant admission to your children,” reads a letter from the school that was posted on Facebook Wednesday by Brian Copeland. Copeland and his husband Greg Bullard, a pastor, are the fathers of 3-year-old son who is readying to enter pre-K, as well as a daughter who is 8 months old.
Read MoreGareth Roe has his hands full with his 1-year-old daughter, Lola. The father of one Saturday noticed the curious toddler climbing in places she shouldn't have been, so he decided to approach her. “Lola climbed onto the TV stand to pull the clothes from the clothes....
Read MoreAn adorable new ad that will premiere during the Super Bowl shows children of all ages uttering many fathers’ favorite word: Daddy. The ad is a part of Dove Men+Care’s new “Real Strength” campaign, which, according to a press release, celebrates “the caring side of modern men.”
Read MoreAn inspirational dad who made his own Spider-Man costume to cheer up his son dying of cancer has vowed to help other children struck down with the disease. Mike Wilson lost his son Jayden on Christmas Eve after the five-year-old lost his battle with a Grade 4 Brain Stem tumour.
Read MoreThey are seen as the embodiment of a severe and aloof brand of parenting, as far removed as it is possible to image from the hands-on style of today’s “new dads” – embodied by Jamie Oliver, David Beckham or even David Cameron. But a study of Victorian fathers has concluded that the image is largely a myth and that they had more in common with their 21st Century counterparts than many would imagine.
Read More"I love your both. That'll never change." Every child wants to hear this from their parents — especially when it's the moment after they come out as gay. In this case, the father of YouTube "stars" Aaron and Austin Rhodes, who bravely filmed their coming out announcement for the world to see, got to deliver the loving words twice in a row. The brothers start their video by announcing their sexuality to their fans, but the twins still had one more person to tell: their father.
Read MoreThis video proves age is just a number. A son filmed his father pulling off an incredible dance routine ... and he totally nails it! This takes dad dancing to the next level. In the video he's dancing to Johnny Gill's "Rub You the Right Way" and he looks like he could have been a secret member of New Edition or New Kids on the Block ... or someone's backup dancer in the '90s with these dance moves!
Read MoreOne short year ago, Kordale and Kaleb were a pair of gay black fathers quietly raising their three beautiful children and going about their lives like any other parents. Today, they're starring in a new campaign for Nikon with their kids. The couple is the focus of Nikon's "I Am Generation Image" campaign, which features the family sharing their inspiring story through a new video.
Read MoreThey are less likely to leave for another company. Working fathers who see their children daily are more satisfied with their jobs and less likely to resign, according to a new study. The findings, to be published next month in the Academy of Management Perspectives, suggests that companies should allow working fathers time with family as way to increase employee retention. It also hints at the importance of flexible schedules so that fathers can be there for their children, even during traditional office hours.
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