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12/20/02 - A Dad's Guide to New Years Resolutions
Many more New Year's resolutions are made each year than are kept. Find out how to set resolutions and goals that you will successfully achieve this year as a father and as an individual.

12/06/02 - Mind Your Manners!
Is the behavior of your children in social settings embarrassing to you? Find out the best ways to teach them the whys and hows of well mannered and respectful behavior.

11/21/02 - Giving the Gift of Self to Your Dad at Christmas
Tired of the same old issue every year: what to get Dad for Christmas? Consider some new twists on the idea of giving of yourself instead of giving your time to the mall!

11/14/02 - Preparing Your Kids for Company: Invasion of the Houseguests
Many families will be entertaining houseguests this holiday season. Parents often assume that their kids are OK with this arrangement, but they may not be. What are the best ways to prepare your children for the visit of relatives or guests for an evening, a week or longer?

11/01/02 - Mixed Blessings: Celebrating The Holidays in an Interfaith Family
What happens when two religious traditions square off in an interfaith home? Whether the mom and dad are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or of different groups within a faith, or whether the holiday is Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Ramadan, there are many challenges to interfaith holiday traditions. Find out how families successfully balance the holidays in interfaith families.

10/15/02 - Keeping the Kids Safe This Halloween
Sugar hyped kids, dark streets, and costumes can lead to trouble for kids at Halloween. Check out these tips for trick or treaters, for kids going to parties and for you at home or on the road.

10/11/02 - The Daddy Award Losers: How the New TV Shows Portray Fathers
Many national studies have challenged the television media portrayal of fathers, especially in prime time sitcoms. Several shows in the Fall 2002 new season have a father figure at their core. How do these new shows measure up in how fathers are seen? This article talks about two shows that don't measure up.

09/27/02 - The Daddy Award Winners: How the New TV Shows Portray Fathers
Check out the new Fall 2002 Series programs that portray fathers in a positive light and win the About Fatherhood Daddy Award!

09/13/02 - Family Night: Simple and Powerful
Think it's tough to set aside one night a week for family togetherness? Make a commitment to both quality and quantity time with a weekly family night!

08/30/02 - What Dads Can Do to Make School Safer
Parents are more concerned now than ever about the safety of their children on the way to and from school and while they are there. What can fathers do to help reduce the risk of injury or harm to their kids?

08/16/02 - Talking About September 11 on the Anniversary
Anticipating the upcoming one year retrospectives on the September 11 attacks, fathers need to do some thinking and preparing to talk again with their children about terrorism, homeland security and personal safety.

08/01/02 - Homework Helping Secrets
Take a quick tour of Internet resources for helping kids with homework, and start building your Favorites for homework help. These resources include homework helps for all ages of students from elementary through college, and have links to free, paid and live sites on the Web.

07/19/02 - Get the Gear for Back to School
Every Dad has his own back-to-school ritual -- from a one-stop trip to the mall on the first day of school, to a raid of the office-supply cabinet at work. Here's the dad's survival guide.

07/05/02 - Planning Successful Family Reunions
If you find yourself in a situation where you are the head honcho of this year's reunion, don't despair. Think of the reunion planning task as running a marathon.

06/20/02 - Summer Picnic Fun: Starring Dad
Stuck being the social director for your summer family picnic or reunion? Change your attitude about making that event fun with some great ideas for games and other activities.

06/13/02 - Protecting Your Child from Sexual Abuse
With recent revelations about child sexual abuse among some clergy, many fathers are seeking ways of protecting their children. Find answers to your questions about teaching your children how to be safe from sexual abuse.

06/06/02 - Give Dad the Best Fathers Day Gift: You
What every dad wants most for father's day is more time with his family. Here are some time tested ways to give dad what he really wants–more of you!

06/01/02 - Storytelling Made Easy
Children love and need stories. And any dad can construct a winning, tailor-made tale using these basic building blocks.

05/17/02 - When to Call Your Baby's Doctor
Dads are often nervous about babies when they get sick. How to know when sick is sick enough to involve the baby's pediatrician.

05/06/02 - Teaching Your Teens to Manage Money
Teaching teens how to manage their money can be an almost overwhelming challenge, especially when we aren't so great at it ourselves. Use these tips to teach them to save, spend and use credit wisely.

04/30/02 - Pacing: The Key to Comfortable Living and Working
At the end of a long week, do you have enough energy to do more than run the remote? Explore these tips for managing the pace of your work and life, and find more than exhaustion on Friday night.

04/23/02 - A Dad's Guide to Getting the Most Out of Parent Teacher Conferences
Does the very idea of meeting with your child's teacher in a parent teacher conference setting unnerve you? There are probably good reasons why. Learn how to overcome PCT anxiety and to have a good experience helping your child succeed at school.

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