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A lot of dads have to be doing something else before we feel ready to start talking to each other about our kids. A jog, a card game, a yard project, a round of golf, or any number of other “guy” activities can serve as safe places for us to jump in, or at least stick our toes in to test the water. For others of us, a more formal, organized setting dedicated specifically to … [Read more...] about Why Aren’t There More Groups for Fathers?

Girls tend to be a riddle to fathers and stepfathers.  Like any mystery, the relationship with our daughter can be frightening, exciting, entertaining, baffling, enlightening or leave us completely in the dark; sometimes all at once. If we want to unravel this mystery, we have to pay attention and listen, even in the most ordinary moments.Why? Because a girl’s voice may be … [Read more...] about Listen, Listen, and Listen Some More

Children grow up loving to play. In fact, play is a child’s career. That makes playing with your daughter a fabulous way to connect with her interests and be a potent, positive force in her life. But we fathers sometimes have difficulty playing with our children because we aren’t kids anymore.Life is filled with stress and demands (many of them work-related) that distract us … [Read more...] about Dads, Daughters, and Play

A father's relationship with his daughter shapes who she will become. The father-daughter relationship is an important place, if not the most important place, for daughters to develop appropriate foundations for self-confidence and self-worth. A daughter's relationship with her father is her very first male-female relationship. From that relationship, little girls develop their … [Read more...] about How a Father Influences His Daughter

It seems that in spite of all the differences there may be between the fathers and daughters of the world, be he a doctor  or craftsman, she a student or lawyer, early or late in life, religious or not, wealthy or not, dads and daughters are very much alike in the manner in which they relate to one another. Dads put their daughters before their own interests, striving to … [Read more...] about Dads and Daughters are Alike