When Navigating Social Commentary and Being of Service Collide
You can find thousands of people who agree with almost anything. Once you find them, technology will help you find more of […]
When Child Support Doesn’t Reach the Child
A new report examines child support “pass-through,” a policy that determines whether child support collected from a noncustodial parent actually reaches a […]
What Does Cohabitation Data Tell Us About Fathers and the Success Sequence?
The Success Sequence largely focuses on milestones — education, work, marriage, and children. But families live in the gray areas around those […]
Is Forgiveness in Fatherhood and Family Dead?
We’re living through a time when public life seems increasingly organized around accusation. We attack, cancel, blame, expose, and condemn. Loyalty has […]
AI Can Write a Legal Motion, But Can’t Guarantee a Father Gets to See His Child
Today, a father with a smartphone can ask an AI system to explain a child support order, translate legal language into plain […]
Maybe Fatherhood Should Feel Good, Too
We study dysfunction relentlessly. Conflict, absence, depression, arrears, poverty, trauma, violence, and disengagement all deserve our attention. But perhaps we should become […]
Fatherhood Advocacy Isn’t About Winning Against Mothers. It’s About Refusing to Lose Children.
legislatures, and even fatherhood programs themselves. The measure of our fatherhood advocacy won’t be how loudly we defend fatherhood, but how effectively […]
The Moments Matter: When Co-Parenting Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
The inaugural Dad & Company class helped us move this idea from paper into practice, and participants came even before we had […]
Family Synergy Begins When Fathers Stop Being Treated as Optional
We regularly use the language of family while designing research, programs, clinics, schools, and policies exclusively around the mother-child relationship. The father […]
Children Don’t Need Perfect Fathers. They Need Present Ones.
Making a difference to children must also mean making a difference to the fathers who love them. When we support fathers, we […]
Lost and Found: What Fathers Teach Us About Separation, Systems, and the Search for Home
me kind of place. A place where fathers can come back and say, “I lost my way, but I am looking.” A […]
When Fatherhood Advocacy Goes to Washington
If we believe children deserve safe, stable, loving relationships with both parents whenever possible, then shared parenting, child support reform, child welfare […]