Domestic Violence, Mental Health, and Lemon Pepper Wings
We should be teaching boys that masculinity without emotional honesty is a danger. We should be teaching girls that love should never […]
Redefining Strength: Black Men in the Care Economy
or too long, American culture has offered Black men a narrow script. It has treated masculinity as hardness, distance, stoicism, or physical […]
When Fathers Lose Access to Economic Opportunity, Families Carry the Cost
When fathers lose access to stable work and transportation, mothers often absorb the cost. Millions of households may be headed by women, but […]
When Parents Lose Control on the Sideline, Kids Lose More Than the Game
The sideline is a place where childhood, ambition, community, and family values meet in public. That means it’s also one of the […]
Addressing the Crisis of Black Maternal Health: A Critical Role for Black Fathers
Experts link dire outcomes for Black women to systemic racism, limited health care access, and chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension. While […]
Building Responsible Fatherhood Into the Architecture of Family Policy and Federal Funding
The opportunity in front of the responsible fatherhood field is not only to preserve resources but to clarify relevance. Our field has […]
Black Work, and the Myth of a Gender Divide: What the Employment Numbers Really Say About Family Stability
In February 2026, unemployment for Black men ages 20 and older was 7%, and for Black women ages 20 and older it […]
When a Baby Has No Stable Place to Sleep, Fatherhood Has a Housing Problem
For too long, the public response to vulnerable families has imagined family stabilization without fully imagining the father. We build family services […]
Black Fathers Are Blocked, Not Missing: What Fulton County Teaches America About Father Engagement
Our study asks a question that the responsible fatherhood and human services fields sometimes avoid because it’s inconvenient: If we say fathers […]
Your Child Sees Everything: The Co-Parenting Truth Most Parents Avoid
We’ve been in the living rooms, courtrooms, classrooms, and parking lots, and on the late-night phone calls where parents are attempting something […]
Moynihan Institute Research Shows How Black Fathers Are Naturally Closing the Father–Daughter Divide
Father-daughter relationships can become strained or estranged more often than other parent-child bonds, and many adult daughters report discomfort in sharing personal […]
Word Play and Incremental Progress Have No Place in Legitimation Reform in Georgia
Fathers Incorporated is not opposed to reform. We advocate for legitimation reform and agree with the intention of making Georgia’s approach to […]