Stories from About.com Fatherhood
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Fun Family Christmas Traditions
About.com Fatherhood &bull Dec 13, 2011
Christmas is a big time holiday for the Parker family. We have built a whole bunch of Christmas traditions that our children have loved every year. In fact, our married son and one of our married daughters will arrive at… Full Story »
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A Dad's Christmas Shopping Idea List
About.com Fatherhood &bull Dec 10, 2011
OK, dads. If you are like me and spent the better part of the morning working on Christmas gift ideas and shopping and found yourself with a few blank spots on the list, then this series of gift ideas may… Full Story »
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Top Creative Gifts for Dad for Christmas
About.com Fatherhood &bull Dec 1, 2011
Tired of the run of the mill, ordinary gifts for your dad for Christmas? Then you will want to check out this list of creative gift ideas . These are things that dad likely doesn't have and probably didn't even… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Christmas
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Father of the Bride Wedding Speech Ideas
About.com Fatherhood &bull Nov 30, 2011
I have two married daughters, one of whom was married earlier this year. Besides the wedding dance moment, perhaps there is no more important part of a father's experience with his daughter's wedding than giving the traditional speech. ... Read… Full Story »
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Topics:
- School Dance
- Daughters
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Top Christmas Gifts for Fathers 2011
About.com Fatherhood &bull Nov 25, 2011
We experienced Black Friday today like so many others. Prices were great and the lines were long, as we would have predicted. But shopping for Christmas is well underway in our household. ... Read Full Post Full Story »
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Topics:
- Christmas
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Behavior Contracts - A Tool for Fathers
About.com Fatherhood &bull Nov 24, 2011
Many of my educator friends know all about the concept of behavior contracting. The general idea is that, at least from the education side, is that the parents, teachers and behaviorally-challenged students reduce their expectations to writing and define in… Full Story »
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Preparing Your Family for Company
About.com Fatherhood &bull Nov 20, 2011
For Thanksgiving this year, we will be hosting about 25 people for dinner, and Christmas will see all of the kids and grandkids at the Parker home for about 72 hours. So we have a little experience with handling the… Full Story »
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Lessons Learned from Dads Who Have Gone Before
About.com Fatherhood &bull Nov 11, 2011
My friend Roland Warren at the National Fatherhood Initiative invited me to join several other fatherhood writers as a guest blogger at the Father Factor blog . Their theme this month is on gratitude. So in my guest blog ,… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Fatherhood
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Justin Bieber and the High Profile Paternity Suit
About.com Fatherhood &bull Nov 8, 2011
I have been following the allegations leveled at pop heartthrob Justin Bieber that he fathered a child with a fan in an encounter after a concert last October in Los Angeles. The story was featured in the tabloid Star and… Full Story »
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Balancing The Parenting Styles of Fathers and Mothers
About.com Fatherhood &bull Oct 31, 2011
I had a conversation a while ago with a neighbor who is a mom frustrated by what she called her husband's "masculine" way of parenting. She made me think about parenting styles and the differences between how fathers and mothers… Full Story »
