Halloween is a great holiday for dads. I hope you are making it fun for your kids. I have posted a number of fun Halloween activity ideas; check ... Read More

If your family is like a lot of families I know, it seems like everyone is constantly on the run. One dad, Robbie Cape, has developed, in partnership with ... Read More

With each of our five children, my partner and I developed a birth plan that addressed her desires for the labor and delivery process. Given how things sometimes develop, ... Read More

OK, I'll admit that I have a hard time with younger and younger children having cell phones. But after having looked recently at the Wherifone, I think there is ... Read More

A few days ago, my wife had her niece and our daughter over for a Halloween craft day. My granddaughter is only 8 weeks old, but my niece's son ... Read More

One week to Halloween and counting. If you have never toasted the pumpkin seeds that come out of the jack-o-lantern you carve with your kids, you are really missing ... Read More

About Fatherhood guest contributor Mark Jordan is one of my favorite writers. I recently read his new book Courage the Monkey and plan to get it for one of ... Read More

Now, I know everyone is not a baseball fan. In fact, I have a friend who says he would rather watch paint dry than to watch baseball on television. ... Read More

We live in a neighborhood with lots of kids, although most of them are now teenagers. But we still average a couple of hundred trick or treaters every Halloween. ... Read More

There is a fellow I work with who absolutely LOVES Halloween. And his favorite form of expression is decorating his yard with all manner of Halloween finery. Tombstones, ... Read More

Looking for a fun Halloween movie to watch with the kids? About has two "top picks" pages for Halloween movies: a list of movies suited for younger kids and a ... Read More

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a little research I recently did made me aware of the incidence of breast cancer in men. Maybe I am just ... Read More

Halloween is a great time of year for a dad and his kids. After all, dads are usually more into creepy, messy and spooky than moms are. And ... Read More

We have a long standing family tradition about dad helping the kids carve pumpkins for Halloween. About offers a number of great, creative and easy jack-o-lantern carving templates and ... Read More

We just got to attend parent-teacher conferences at our high school and middle school for our two boys still at home. Even though we can access their grades online ... Read More

DINK is a term known to statisticians and tax policy wonks--it stands for "Dual Income No Kids" and describes an important demographic of American households. But at some time, ... Read More

My niece Jessica was married on Thursday. Her mom and dad are divorced, but seem to have gotten along well during the planning of the wedding and all its ... Read More

One of our favorite traditions is telling ghost stories one evening close to Halloween. We turn off all the lights, light a jack-o-lantern, sit on the floor in the family ... Read More

The incidents of school shootings over the last week have just sickened me, and I suspect they have had a similar impact on most dads. We feel so helpless ... Read More

I am watching another friend go through the divorce and custody process. Every time I experience that with a friend, it is a gut wrenching experience. If you ... Read More

Some studies are beginning to show that delaying fatherhood involves some risks for their offspring. While we may not feel the urgency that older women feel about reproduction, maybe ... Read More