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 […]
The Fatherhood Dividend: What Happens When Fathers Are Included
When fathers are included, children gain. When children gain, families strengthen. When families strengthen, communities rise. That’s the “fatherhood dividend” America can […]
When Fathers Die Too Soon
We’ve built an entire public conversation around maternal health, maternal mortality, postpartum depression, and the challenges mothers face after childbirth. We should. […]
72 Million Reasons: Why Fatherhood Is America’s Most Overlooked Institution
Fathers represent one of the largest demographic groups in the nation. Despite their numbers and influence, fatherhood is rarely discussed as a […]
Hip-Hop Has Been Telling Us About Fatherhood All Along
The music has already warned us what happens when a man’s pain goes unprocessed. It becomes rage, distance, and addiction. It becomes […]
Let Fathers Have the Day
Father’s Day has always carried more than celebration. For some, it is joy. For others, it is grief. For many, it is […]