Georgia Makes Fathers Pay Before Letting Them Parent: What the State’s Legitimation Report Finally Admits
The report is candid in naming Georgia’s legitimation process as confusing, burdensome, and demoralizing for many families. Recommendations such as streamlining uncontested […]
The Current Conversation on Mentorship for Boys Excludes Responsible Fatherhood
By Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated A 2025 article published in The New York Times does something rare in modern discourse about gender. It […]
How the 2024 Squatters Act Continues to Impact Fathers and Families in Georgia
By Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated Of all the legislation passed in Georgia in the last couple of years, one act continues […]
The Force Still Moves: One Year Without Lawrence Wilbon
By Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated One Year Later: Still Standing in His Shadow On December 26, 2024, we lost a giant. […]
A Dad’s First Big Assignment: Supporting Mom Through Pregnancy, Delivery, and Postpartum
The first months of fatherhood arrive like weather: beautiful, unpredictable, and bigger than your jacket. You’re learning what a brand new person […]
The Top Five Traits of Successful Co-Parenting Relationships
By Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated Co-parenting is one of the most significant tests of maturity, love, and patience that two adults […]
The Missing Conversation Between Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Public Health
By Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated There’s a moment in my recent conversation with Dr. Dominic Shattuck, a community psychologist and Johns Hopkins scholar, […]
A Responsible Fatherhood Field Response to the New Executive Order on Child Welfare
Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated The nation is once again turning its attention to the future of children and youth who enter, […]
Our Stories, Our Strength: Honoring Family Narratives
By Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated I can’t recall many times when my family sat together just to tell stories, at least […]
Reclaiming the Narrative of Black Fatherhood
By Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated The “Roots and Responsibility” conversation at the Auburn Avenue Research Library unfolded like a gathering on someone’s front porch — […]
Viral Cardi–Offset–Diggs Story Shines a Spotlight on Georgia’s Legitimation Law
By Kenneth Braswell, CEO, Fathers Incorporated Some days, I find myself thinking about the conversations we never expect to have in public. […]
Taking Care of Your Mental Health: An Open Letter to Young Fathers
By David C. Miller, Ph.D., Fathers Incorporated The first time your baby’s fingers curl around yours, the world both expands and narrows. […]