Mens ENewsCategory :: Family Structure & FatherhoodBy Moonee Leader News 8/31/2010 "...Moonee Valley Council’s fatherhood forum Discovering ‘Dadhood’ aims to allow fathers to discuss their children and experiences of fatherhood, and talk about the challenges of the role and any positive changes in their lives. ..." Read the entire article: http://moonee-valley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/moonee-valley-dads-speak-out-about-fatherhood/ By USA Today 8/27/2010 "A jury on Thursday rejected a claim by billionaire Donald Bren's two grown children for $134 million in retroactive child support." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2010-08-26-bren-child-support_N.htm?csp=34money By Western Leader 8/31/2010 "Mark Leggett says fatherhood in the 21st century isn't an easy task." Read the entire article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/4075847/Dads-role-challenging By Associated Press 8/27/2010 "The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century." Read the entire article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmy8vp2IF0hXIS66YjPRglOJg52QD9HRVQF80 By Miami Herald 8/31/2010 "A man who claims to be Miami Heat star Lebron James' father has filed a $4 million paternity lawsuit, and James has asked the court to dismiss it, TMZ reported Tuesday." By PennLive.com 9/2/2010 "Now 39 and the father of two sons ages 21 and 17, Moffitt is still learning about fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/09/fatherhood_academy_helps_men_l.html By app.com 8/29/2010 "...Early on the morning of Aug. 16, Moore — driving his mother's car — dropped his 20-month-old daughter off at his ex-wife's home on Lockwood Place in Ocean Township. He was never seen alive again, authorities said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.app.com/article/20100829/NEWS05/8290370/Manchester-man-who-was-murdered-ex-wife-at-odds-over-child-rearing
By Voxy – New Zealand 9/2/2010 "..."The care of children and their best interests when their parents separate is not just a financial issue," says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. "Children are being hard done by because the Family Court system is not starting with a presumption of shared parenting. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/family-first-review-child-support-and-child-contact/5/61290 By ABC Online – New Zealand 9/3/2010 "...Beyond the children's books there's a plethora of titles telling me how to be a better parent, and with luck a better man too - or, if not, then a better gardener and handyman, which feels more practical as well as more honest somehow. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s3001801.htm By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "... More and more adults are connecting with one another through what has been called Web 2.0. While women are still more likely than men to connect via social networking, men are increasingly using social networking online. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/technology/a/social_net_sites.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...Find the best application for your iPhone, why you should have them, and how they can make your job as a father easier. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/technology/a/iPhone_apps.htm?nl=1 By The Daily Times 8/26/2010 "...Watch D.O.G.S. is a National Center for Fathering initiative that organizes fathers and father figures in order to provide positive male role models for the students and enhance school security. Foothills Elementary School’s program is open to dads, stepdads, grandfathers and other father figures. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20100826/NEWS/308269988 By Idependent.ie -- Ireland 8/26/2010 "'IT'S a hamster wheel of misery -- a game of control over me. Why is she allowed to sabotage my attempts to be a loving dad? Why is she able to use my children as a weapon to beat me with?"" Read the entire article: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/martina-devlin/martina-devlin-law-not-only-failing-fathers-its-failing-their-children-too-2311897.html By CNN.com 8/23/2010 "...Alesaundra then escorted rescuers back to her house, where her father was 'sitting in the living room, needing medical care,' Villalovoz said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/22/california.toddler.heroine/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn By The Washington Times 8/23/2010 "...At some point, we will have to come to grips with the fact that a very large percentage of our students fail because they lack a father and mother who value, encourage, support and reinforce their efforts to learn. Common sense tells us there is no surer recipe for the child to lag behind in learning than having to contend with the strain and disruption of a broken, dysfunctional family..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/23/why-young-black-men-dont-graduate/?page=2 The Washington Times 8/24/2010 "...Times may have changed for some, who more readily accept the family variations that increasingly are called "normal" in American culture, but times have not changed for children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/24/hicks-and-the-winner-is-sperm-donor/ By Sydney Morning Herald 8/26/2010 "...In a report that might not be well received by some single mothers, the acting Ombudsman, Ron Brent, found that the Child Support Agency had at times been unduly influenced by stereotypes about fathers not meeting their obligations. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/national/fathers-stereotyped-by-child-support-agency-20100825-13s89.html By Hattiesburg American 8/21/2010 "...All wanted to be better fathers and do what they could to keep their children from following in their footsteps. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20100821/NEWS01/8200357 By Slam "...The joint statement said "the (divorce) judgment provides for shared parenting of their two children."..." Read the entire article: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Golf/News/2010/08/23/15114241.html By Wayne Parker, Fatherhood Guide "...I love books for teens and youth that help them learn values and principles like those espoused and taught here by Peter Buffett. I wrote a brief review of the book, and really feel like it is an important addition to any family library where teens are growing up. An even better use of the book would be for fathers and teens to read it together. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/08/03/life-is-what-you-make-it.htm?nl=1 By Washington Times 8/19/2010 "They were unlikely dance partners in an unlikely dance hall: a 29-year-old murderer and a 10-year-old boy doing an impromptu tango as Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father" sounded from a boom box in a prison gym." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/19/kids-head-to-prison-camp-to-visit-dads/ By Laurel Leader Call - Missouri 8/19/2010 "All wanted to be better fathers and do what they could to keep their children from following in their footsteps. “I have a 12-year-old son,” said John P. McCullum, 31, of Laurel. “When I see him, I see a carbon copy of myself." Read the entire article: http://leadercall.com/local/x107497509/Inmates-learn-to-become-better-fathers By Catholic.net 8/19/2010 "Christians are uniting to affirm the importance of fatherhood and the truths of John Paul II's teaching in the theology of the body, says Glenn Stanton." Read the entire article: http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=zenit&id=30102 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "With the first day of school drawing near, parents and children across the country are getting set for the annual back to school campaign. There is so much to do to be ready, from shopping for clothing and supplies to getting the family organized. This list is designed to make the process easier for dads to manage." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/backtoschool/a/bts_checklist.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "The first week that our oldest son was in first grade, he experienced an extreme case of back to school stress." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/backtoschool/a/btsstress.htm?nl=1 By Medline Plus 8/12/2010 "..."The message is that father-son relationships are incredibly powerful. When they're healthy, it's hugely protective for boys," said study lead author Melanie Mallers, an assistant professor at California State University at Fullerton. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_102130.html By Medline Plus 8/11/2010 "Young men who are obese may have a lower sperm count than their normal-weight counterparts, a new study suggests." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_102099.html By Christian Science Monitor "'Good fatherhood' initiatives are at the center of President Obama's family and welfare policies. It is a different approach than the one taken by the Bush administration, which focused more on promoting marriage." Read the entire article: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0810/Fatherhood-not-marriage-is-focus-of-Obama-family-policies By E Online 8/12/2010 "...So the actress obviously had no problem dishing it back to him after the Fox News fixture lambasted her on his show for having the audacity to say in public that women are, more and more these days, taking the matter of family into their own hands and choosing to have children without being in a relationship. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b195093_jennifer_aniston_sticks_it_back_bill.html?cmpid=rss-000000- By World Magazine 8/11/2010 "Fatherlessness affects all of us and is the root of all kinds of evil and brokenness. It is been well documented that 60 percent of rapists, 72 percent of adolescent murderers, and 70 percent of long-term prison inmates are men who grew up in homes without dads. " Read the entire article: http://online.worldmag.com/2010/08/11/the-priority-of-fatherlessness/ By The Vancouver Sun "He may leave his socks lying around and avoid emptying the dishwasher, but a new study shows husbands do as much work as their wives." Read the entire article: http://www.vancouversun.com/Life/women+same+amount+work/3367254/story.html#ixzz0wDQye12O By The Hindu – New Delhi "The Supreme Court has asked courts to be extremely careful in ordering a DNA examination to determine paternity, as sometimes such scientific tests may bastardise an innocent child even though its mother and her spouse were living together at the time of conception." Read the entire article: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article558197.ece By PR Newswire 8/9/2010 "The Fatherhood Educational Institute (FEI) President Emeritus and leading family law attorney Jeffery M. Leving supports the recent ruling by the German Constitutional Court that has promised to strengthen the custody rights of unmarried fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/german-court-victory-sets-precedent-for-international-fathers-rights-100254174.html By Columbus Dispatch - Ohio 8/8/2010 "...If the man didn't meet the 30-day deadline for signing the state's putative-father registry, offer support during the pregnancy or establish paternity before the adoption was filed, he might have little chance to halt the placement. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/08/08/adoption-rulings-may-boost-birth-fathers-rights.html?sid=101 By People.com 8/2/2010 "..."Women are realizing it more and more knowing that they don't have to settle with a man just to have that child," Aniston, 41, said. "Times have changed and that is also what is amazing is that we do have so many options these days, as opposed to our parents' days when you can't have children because you have waited too long.".. Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20408849,00.html By ChicagoNow (blog) - Illinois 8/4/2010 "...Last week in Cook County, a judge ordered a man to pay thousands of dollars in past child support for a child that isn't his. The man even took a paternity test to prove he wasn't the father, but it was too late. Back in 1998, the child's mother went to court to get child support and the man never responded to the summons. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicagos-real-law-blog/2010/08/crazy-illinois-law-alert.html By Science Daily 7/20/2010 "The way a family interacts can have more of an impact on a child's predicted school success than reading, writing or arithmetic, according to a University of Notre Dame study published recently in the Journal of Child Development." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100720162317.htm By Dads Divorce.com 7/28/2010 "For a father, the most painful aspect of the end of a marriage (if it has been initiated by his wife) is the “loss of” the daily contact with the children." Read the entire article: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles-archive/3204- By Omaha World-Herald - Nebraska 7/31/2010 "...The program is for boys in fourth through 12th grades, and there is a $5 annual membership fee. Any son and father or father figure (such as an uncle or grandfather) may participate. Organizers want the boys to choose who participates with them, but it can’t be a different person each time, Maxwell said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.omaha.com/article/20100731/NEWS01/707319845 By WJZ - Virginia 7/31/2010 "A Virginia man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing a D.C. man during a fight over the paternity of twins." Read the entire article: http://wjz.com/wireapnewsva/Va.man.gets.2.1835635.html By NewsNet5.com - Ohio 7/23/2010 "A new community outreach program in Summit County will give mothers and fathers the opportunity to have genetic testing done at the hospital shortly following the birth of their child." Read the entire article: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/akron_canton_news/paternity-testing-to-be-offered-at-summit-county-hospitals By WTHI 7/22/2010 "One Volunteer program, called Fatherhood, helps male offenders keep in touch with their kids at home." Read the entire article: http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/local/volunteers-do-time-at-prison By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...According to a Javelin Strategy & Research report, in 2007 an estimated 1.117 million families had their children’s personal information exposed in a data breach of one kind or another. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/childprotection/a/childidtheft.htm?nl=1 By ABC Action News - Florida 7/30/2010 "...According to a pay check stub, Thorpe’s employer regularly garnished his check for a total of $578 to pay his child support. “My ex-wife kept on complaining 'Kevin, I am not getting the money'. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/money/consumer/taking_action_for_you/father%E2%80%99s-child-support-money-doesn%E2%80%99t-reach-his-child- By San Antonio Express - Texas 8/2/2010 "...Since Bexar County was known for incarcerating more “deadbeat dads” than any other place in Texas, Wilson's outlook could have been bleak, he acknowledged Friday. But what he didn't realize was that Bexar County also has one of the most effective job placement programs in the state for low- or no-income parents who want to work. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.mysanantonio.com/moms/program_helps_parents_pay_child_support_99735604.html By Bnd.com – Illinois 8/1/2010 "...The stimulus payment, intended for people with disabilities, was automatically applied to Williams' unpaid child support. That transaction alerted state officials, who had not been aware that Williams was getting a disability check. ..." By TheDay.com - Connecticut 7/27/2010 "...But at least now you have your first foray into the "Dr. Dad" classes that ran last month at the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.theday.com/article/20100727/NWS08/307279980/-1/NWS By Monitor - Texas 7/25/2010 "...These visits he gets with his daughter are the fruit of his determination to play an active role in her life, even though he and the girl’s mother are no longer together. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.themonitor.com/articles/parenting-41158-award-wins.html By Carolyn Hax -- Washington Post 7/29/2010 "...I'm in a terrible marriage and I don't know how to get out of it. I have two small children, which greatly complicates things. My wife has become extremely abusive, both physically and verbally. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072805425.html By Tucson Citizen - Arizona 7/20/2010 "Guys who wonder if they are being unwittingly sucked into marriage or child support payments when they don’t even have a child can now find out once and for all." Read the entire article: http://tucsoncitizen.com/dating/2010/07/20/who%E2%80%99s-your-daddy-dna-paternity-testing-goes-countywide-in-cochise-clinics/comment-page-1/ By Beloit Daily News - Wisconsin "...He works with a pool of about 50 employers. He said the men in his program can get wages, a job history and skills during the six months of employment. Although many of the men in the Fatherhood Program qualify, others are encouraged to apply for the program as well. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2010/07/17/news/top_news/news1701.txt By WHIZ - Ohio 7/18/2010 "...Saunders believes her son's death stems from a paternity test he took about a year ago, which is when Hardin found out he was the father of a two-year-old girl. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.whiznews.com/content/news/local/2010/07/18/missing-zanesville-mans-mother-speaks-out By Wayne Parker -- About.com, Fatherhood Guide "Are you struggling like many dads with what to do about social networking?" Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/07/17/social-networking-101.htm?nl=1 By Plain Dealer (blog) - Ohio 7/12/2010 "...Elroy Thomas knew there might be trouble when he went to pick up his 6-year-old daughter from his ex-wife's house on Father's Day. So he had a police officer accompany him. Thomas had a court-issued visitation order to spend the day reserved for dads with his first-grader. But his ex had denied his visitation rights before. ..." Read the entire article: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/child_visitation_rights_go_une.html By Charleston Gazette – West Virginia 7/10/2010 "...Still, it's a demographic fact that multitudes of U.S. kids -- a relentlessly growing number -- are being raised in one-parent homes. "Millions of children have little or no contact with their fathers," Cathy Young of Reason magazine wrote. Further, it's a sad fact that such children are more at risk of flunking school, turning delinquent, using dope, being jobless, and winding up jailed or pregnant. ..." Read the entire article: http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/201007090642 By Roland C. Warren -- The Root 7/12/2010 "... Folks who support the notion of financial abortions say that we should make things equal and give a father the choice to walk away from his responsibility to a child, despite what the mother wants, just as a mother has the legal option to abort their child, despite what the father wants. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.theroot.com/views/your-take-are-all-abortions-equal By Cord Jefferson - The Root 7/6/2010 "...Professor Frances Goldscheider teaches sociology at Brown, where she came up with the idea that, she says, has made her question some of her deepest, most long-standing beliefs: "While I thought I was a feminist all my life, when I started studying the family and fatherhood in general, I realized that I was really an egalitarian. I want a level playing field in the family for men and women. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.theroot.com/views/what-if-i-dont-want-be-daddy?page=0,1 By Rentry Benefiting Families – Louisiana "Being a parent is never easy and being an incarcerated parent poses unique problems ..." Read the statistics: http://www.rbf.la/programs-fatherhoodinitiative.html By WHNT - Alabama 7/14/2010 "The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department arrested Amanda Hazen on two counts of forgery after discovering in an investigation that she allegedly forged two signatures on court documents regarding a paternity test results." Read the entire article: http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-moulton-paternity-fraud,0,2196303.story By Helium "If you have a child or one on the way but are not married, it is important to take one thing into consideration. The fact that you should get a paternity test done is extremely important." Read the entire article: http://www.helium.com/items/1892224-importance-of-getting-a-paternity-test-for-unmarried-couples-expecting-a-baby By Orange County Register 7/14/2010 "A 2-year-old girl stuck in the middle of a custody battle between her adoptive mother and her birth father will be staying in California with her adoptive mother for the time being, the California appellate court ruled ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ocregister.com/news/mills-257705-doss-custody.html He has a DNA test to prove it's not his son, but still has to pay child supportMonday, 12 July 2010
By WXYZ - Michigan 7/8/2010 "He’s on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars in back child support. But he says the boy is not his son—and has the DNA test to prove it." Read the entire article: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/he-has-a-dna-test-to-prove-it's-not-his-son,-but-still-has-to-pay-child-support By Fremont News Messenger - Ohio 7/5/2010 "Ten area men who participated in the WSOS 24/7 Dad Program were honored June 30 at a ceremony that heralded their completion of all program requirements." Read the entire article: http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20100705/NEWS01/7050307/Learning-to-be-better-fathers By Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama 7/3/2010 "After Andrey Scott lost his job about a week after his newborn son was born, he made his child a promise: he would never make him "want" for anything." Read the entire article: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100703/NEWS01/7030352/New-dad-faces-challenges-of-fatherhood-unemployment By Los Angeles Wave Newspapers - California 7/7/2010 "...Doss is embroiled in a child-custody struggle with the girl's father, Benjamin Mills Jr., who came forward with a paternity claim when his daughter was about a month old, halting the adoption. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/regional/foster-mom-Stacey-Doss-Good-Morning-America-97997814.html By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...So if you are pondering whether or not to become a father, or would just like some validation that you have made the right choice, this list of the top ten personal benefits of being a father is worth your consideration. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/newdadsresources/a/dads_benefits.htm?nl=1 By Yahoo News 7/8/2010 "In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! News and the Huffington Post, he credited his father with teaching him how to live, and explained that all parents can make a "better human being":..." Read the entire article/watch video: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100708/bs_yblog_upshot/buffett-recounts-the-best-advice-hes-ever-received By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...I took an opportunity recently to visit with some teenagers I know and asked them what they wish their fathers knew about them: their challenges, their emotions, their lives. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/dadsandteens/a/dadsknowteens.htm?nl=1 By Healthy Children "Not surprisingly, some single and working parents have grown to dread school vacations, legal holidays (like Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Washington's Birthday), and "teacher in-service days." These are days when the child is out of school but parents usually have to be at work." Read the entire article: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/work-play/pages/Managing-School-Holidays-and-Vacations.aspx? By Boston Globe 6/24/2010 "If the folks at the Boston College Center for Work & Family could pick two dads from pop culture as the models for the fatherhood study they released last week, they could easily be Ari Gold and Adam Braverman." Read the entire article: http://www.boston.com/community/moms/articles/2010/06/24/men_are_redefining_success_fatherhood/ By Mail Online - UK 7/7/2010 "...The taxi driver had gone to watch his son, a year seven pupil, compete in sprints and egg-and-spoon races. But teachers refused to let him spectate because they did not believe he had undergone checks by the Criminal Records Bureau. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1292909/School-sports-day-ban-father-criminal-records-check.html
By Worcester Telegram - Massachusetts 7/1/2010 "...A published 2004 study by Arizona State University professors Sanford Braver and David Stockburger concluded that Massachusetts’ guidelines for determining how much child support an obligor will pay were among the highest in the United States. Since then, the state’s guidelines have actually been raised — in January 2009, in the middle of the worst economy since the Great Depression. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.telegram.com/article/20100701/NEWS/7010723/1020 By Yahoo News 6/30/2010 "Elian Gonzalez says he's not angry at his Miami relatives who fought to keep him in the United States during a nasty international custody battle a decade ago, and is thankful "a large part of the American public" supported him being reunited with his father in Cuba." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_elian10_years_later By Huffington Post 6/30/2010 "...He said the actor has paid Grigorieva "tens of thousands of dollars," is providing his daughter with health insurance and a nanny and has bought a lavish home and a car for his ex-girlfriend. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/30/mel-gibson-oksana-grigori_n_630428.html By Seymour Herald - Tennessee 6/30/2010 "...“When it comes to deciding who gets the kids, it’s natural for judges to want to place them with the parent who is nurturing and sensitive,” said Michael Taylor, motivational speaker, life coach, and author of A New Conversation With Men (www.coachmichaeltaylor.com). ..." Read the entire article: http://seymourherald.com/news/2010/jun/30/is-fatherhood-dying/ By Children & Young People Now – United Kingdom 6/29/2010 "...Field added that the role of breadwinner has been taken over by the taxpayer because unmarried fathers are often "young, unemployed, unemployable and unskilled". But Rob Williams, chief executive of think-tank Fatherhood Institute, said Field’s views dated to the 1950s and called on policy-makers to focus on schemes to support fathers’ engagement with family life. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Social-Care/1013144/Fatherhood-Institute-chief-slams-Frank-Field-unemployed-fathers-comment/ By People.com 6/29/2010 "...On Monday night, Terri Horman was served with a restraining order and divorce papers, the Oregonian reports. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20397855,00.html By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide to Fatherhood 6/21/2010 "Tom Cruise is featured this month in Esquire Magazine and in his interview, he focuses on fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/06/21/tom-cruise-on-fatherhood.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide to Fatherhood 6/23/2010 "The Boston College Center for Work and Family has released a new study looking at today's new fathers and how they differ from past generations of new dads." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/06/23/new-study-from-boston-college-on-new-dads.htm?nl=1 By Fayeobserver.com 6/24/2010 "...This current mistreatment of fathers isn't limited to sitcoms - commercials may be even worse. Watch a few commercials, and I guarantee that you will see at least one in which Dad or Grandpa can't figure out how to operate the computer/cell phone/remote control and has to ask 5-year-old Timmy for help. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/06/24/1008274?sac=Opin By NYC.gov – New York/Press Release 6/17/2010 "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the launch of a citywide fatherhood initiative to strengthen New York City families by helping fathers be active in their children’s lives." Read the entire article: http://nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name= By Suffolk News-Herald - Virginia 6/19/2010 "The federal government spends nearly $100 billion in public money every year to support fatherless families, according to the National Fatherhood Initiative." Read the entire article: http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/news/2010/jun/19/recognizing-great-fathers/ By KUSA9 - Colorado 6/14/2010 "Colorado's Fatherhood Initiative has a $10 million grant to provide direct services to dads and their children." Read the entire article: http://m.9news.com/news.jsp?key=268127&rc=lo By Center For American Progress 6/25/2010 "...Low-income fathers need to be brought into family policy. They are able to financially contribute to their children’s well-being, and provide care and emotional supports that can improve children’s life outcomes. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/06/connecting_fathers.html By People.com 6/28/2010 "...Gibson's camp says the actor's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is in violation of the custody arrangement the pair hammered out for baby daughter Lucia when they split-up—and therefore, she isn't getting a penny more than the sum they agreed to in mediation if she failed to live up to her end of the bargain. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b188026_mel_gibson_fewer_visits_with_daughter.html?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories#ixzz0sCEdPw2x By National Post - Canada 6/21/2010 "...Instead, he’s a man hopelessly ensnared in a crushing bureaucratic machine: He’s in jail because he couldn’t pay child support, but he couldn’t pay child support because he was unemployed … and he was unemployed because the court took his driver’s license for failure to pay child support … after he went bankrupt paying his court costs. ..." Read the entire article: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/21/matt-gurney-man-jailed-by-courts-after-courts-bankrupt-him/ By Washington Post 6/21/2010 "In what is becoming a Father's Day ritual for the Obama administration, the president on Monday will bring together children, famous dads and nonprofit groups that promote fatherhood to highlight the importance of fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/21/AR2010062100006.html By Momlogic.com 6/22/2010 "...The legions of men out there who fear that they're not the babydaddy can now walk into a drugstore and pick up their very own DNA paternity test. ..." By Fox 31 KDVR.com - Colorado 6/21/2010 "...But in this case, Esquibel held fast to the child he brought into this world. "This is my responsibility, I need to do what I need to do," he says. And, it turns out, he had someone to help support him. Read the entire article: http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-teen-dad-txt,0,2283145.story By Times of India - India 6/20/2010 "...Today’s generation boasts of hands-on dads, the types who are just as involved in the care and upkeep of the child as the mother. ..." Read the entire article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/people/Fatherhood-redefined/articleshow/6070981.cms By Yahoo News 6/21/2010 "...More than a decade after states began approving marijuana for medical use, its role in custody disputes remains a little-known side effect. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_re_us/us_medical_marijuana_child_custody By Deseret News 6/14/2010 "...In a formal interview, journalist Martin Bashir asked Combs if he thought the gift provided a "sensible lesson." Combs' response: "It wasn't even about a lesson. It's what I wanted to do. I can do whatever I want to do with my children."..." Read the entire article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700040362/P-Diddy-not-a-good-example-of-Daddy.html By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...Every man needs to remember to eat right, exercise and get enough sleep. Failure to maintain one's physical health will cause big time problems like stroke, heart attacks and disease down the road. In order to keep our physical saw sharp, here are a few guidelines. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/education/a/takingcare.htm
By Deseret News 6/21/2010 "...The president outlined a series of plans to fund local projects that help train men for jobs, prevent domestic violence and take other steps to encourage healthy and loving families. He also announced a Justice Department program that would use the court system to help find jobs for men just leaving prison so they could meet their child support obligations and reconnect with their children as soon as possible. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700042059/Obama-Lets-help-Dads-connect-with-their-kids.html By Yahoo News 6/18/2010 "...But there is evidence that abortion often involves a third victim, one who is typically dismissed when he is acknowledged at all: the child’s father. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100618/cm_csm/309201_1 By Nicholas D. Kritof -- Op-Ed The New York Times 6/18/2010 "...Reporting on poverty and absentee fathers has taught me what a gift fatherhood is: I know I won the lottery of life by having loving, caring parents. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/opinion/20kristof.html By Charleston Post Courier – South Carolina 6/20/2010 "...The 20-year-old program, which has received acclaim from national media sources, is basically a men's-only, hands-on workshop featuring dads and dads-to-be -- as well as infants who might be giggling, crying or pooping -- and acknowledges that the trainees are fathers of all kinds: married, unmarried, biological or not. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/20/musc-program-offers-advice-to-future-fathers/ By ScienceDaily.com 6/10/2010 "The differences in mothers' and fathers' interactions with their children, particularly in play situations, may influence toddlers' associations of specific behaviors with male and female genders." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100610112022.htm By Kathleen Parker -- Washington Post 6/20/2010 "...Granted, many children still have in-house fathers, but millions don't. Some fathers have become alienated through divorce. "Baby daddies" never were invited to the commitment party. Still others are anonymous in the truest sense -- mere DNA donors who made a deposit and picked up a check. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061803763.html By Bruce Feiler -- Washington Post 6/20/2010 "...Yes, daddy-bashing is suddenly cool. The cover story of the latest Atlantic proclaims "The End of Men: How Women Are Taking Control -- of Everything," while inside the magazine Pamela Paul poses the emasculating question, "Are Fathers Necessary?"..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061802698.html By MiamiHerald.com - Florida 6/15/2010 "...Just in time for Father's Day, a new report shows dads, much like Rega, are dramatically feeling the pull between work and family. Indeed, men reported their levels of work-life conflict have risen significantly over the past three decades, while the level of conflict reported by women has not changed much. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/15/1682639/balancing-act-the-new-dad-is-more.html
By David M. Dinn -- Letters to the Editor - Indystar.com "... A special Father's Day greeting to all those fathers who, through no fault of their own, have yet been denied their value as fathers and the opportunity to participate in the wonderfulness of being a fully involved father. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106170320 By 9NEWS.com - Colorado 6/16/2010 "For Keith Lewis, Father's Day has always reminded him of the dad he used to be and the one he hopes to be. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=141157&catid=509 Read the entire article: http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=141157&catid=509 By Armstrong Williams - Human Events 6/16/2010 "...On the surface, there are some things that only a father can provide his children. Although a mother is vital to a child's development, there are some activities that a dad just makes perfect. Shooting baskets or going ice skating becomes more than a bonding experience between father and child, it becomes a moment when boys learn how to carry themselves as men, how to strive for a goal, work hard and strengthen their male personality. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37522&page=1 By BBC News – United Kingdom 6/17/2010 "Every night when 98-year-old Lily Barron goes to bed, she looks at the large framed photographs that line her bedroom wall and says a prayer for her father, "the most important man in my life. I loved every inch of him." Read the entire article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8744135.stm By Huffington Post (blog) - Ohio 6/16/2010 "...But while the changing face of fatherhood has its seeds in the shifting and uncertain economic fate of men, it is equally born of a new, growing spirit of determination among young men to fully embrace their roles as fathers. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-harrington/the-changing-face-of-fath_b_614373.html By New York Daily News 6/17/2010 "...When Penn State sociologist and demographer Paul Amato researched changes in nonresident father-child contact over the past 30 years, he found substantial increases in the amount of contact. The percentage of fathers who reported no contact with their children went from 37% in 1976 to 29% in 2002. ..." By Baltimore Sun - Maryland 6/16/2010 "...I am sharing this painful, personal story so that middle-class Americans might better understand why so many poor, young, African-American men drop out of high school, father children out of wedlock and then wind up in prison. The answer: Many of them were reared, like my first son, by a single mother on public assistance and missed the essential, nurturing presence of a full-time father. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-black-fathers-20100616,0,5283163.story By 9News/KUSA - Colorado 6/15/2010 "Colorado's Fatherhood Initiative has a $10 million grant to provide direct services to dads and their children." Read the entire article: http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=141005 By Chicago Tribune - Illinois 6/13/2010 "...They credit Sheldon Smith, 21, the founder of The Dovetail Project, conceived to teach young men — who have no blueprint at all — how to strengthen the bond between father and child. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/happynews/ct-met-trice-father-0614-20100613,0,3303177.column By Globe and Mail – United Kingdom 6/10/2010 "...Armin Brott, one of the forefathers of fatherhood thinking, who has authored eight books on the subject, says he’s noticed a distinction between male and female fantasies about parenthood. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/daddy-dreaming-what-fatherhood-means-to-men/article1599860/ By Washington Post 6/16/2010 "Three books evoke the charms, and trials, of modern fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/15/AR2010061504569.html By Gordon E Finley PhD -- Mens News Daily 6/16/2010 "...All of this has changed, of course, as society and the economy have changed. Today Father’s Day and fatherhood itself are under fire on multiple fronts and with multiple losses, not only for children and fathers, but also for society. Consider three: male unemployment, divorce, and non-marital childbearing. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2010/06/16/on-fatherhood/ By Indiana University 6/15/2010 "Just in time for Father's Day this Sunday (June 20), the Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has offered some interesting statistics, based on the most current data." Read the entire article: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/14716.html By Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom 6/16/2010 "...The broad thrust of the series is that fathers now and then may face different circumstances, but their primary impulse remains the same. “Over the past century there have been all sorts of struggles for dads, but essentially what dads want to do is do the best for their children,” says Nick Maddocks, the producer. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7830633/BBC-Fatherhood-season-why-its-time-to-stop-bashing-dads.html By USA Today 6/16/2010 "..."Levi and I are turning a new page here as co-parents to this wonderful boy and putting aside the past because doing so is in Tripp's best interest."..." Read the entire article: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/06/bristol-palin-levi-and-i-are-turning-a-new-page-/1?loc=interstitialskip&POE=click-refer By USA Today 6/17/2010 "...In a new study, European researchers found obese women had more trouble finding a sexual partner than their normal-weight counterparts, though the same wasn't true for obese men, and were four times as likely to have an unplanned pregnancy. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-06-16-obese-sex_N.htm?POE=click-refer By dadtothedoc.org "Tell dad you want him to be there for his family now and in the future. Send an e-card to remind dad (and all the men in your life) to go to the doctor to get the preventive medical tests he needs now so he'll be there for you later." To send an e-card go to: http://www.dadtothedoc.org/
By Nikolas D. Kristof - Op Ed - New York Times 6/16/2010 "...Another group is the Black Star Project, www.blackstarproject.org, which seeks to get families in low-income communities more involved in the educational lives of kids. Or there’s World of Money, www.worldofmoney.org, which coaches kids in poor communities on financial literacy and business skills. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/opinion/17kristof.html By ScienceDaily.com 6/10/2010 "...A study of almost 1400 families in secondary schools, reported in the International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies suggests that family involvement should be a priority in a child's education. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100610120939.htm By USA Today 6/16/2010 "Half of all U.S. children won't live with their father for part of their childhood. But just because "non-resident" dads don't live with their kids doesn't mean they're not involved with them." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-06-16-intouchdads16_CV_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip By Medline Plus 6/11/2010 "A single semen test three months after a man's vasectomy may be enough for him to get the all-clear, a new study finds." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_99885.html By Medline Plus 6/9/2010 "Children born to older fathers are at increased risk for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a new study has found." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_99776.html By Toronto Sun 6/14/2010 "...We know our fathers as leaders, friends, confidantes and role models who influence their children’s moral development. And researchers are now noting in what seems to be a flowering of fatherhood science, the various ways in which a father’s actions and attitudes can impact their child’s health and development. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.torontosun.com/life/healthandfitness/2010/06/11/14355161.html By Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois 6/14/2010 "Illinois is attempting to force a Frankfort man to pay child support for a son who allegedly was kidnapped by his mother 10 years ago and taken to Poland." Read the entire article: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2390340,CST-NWS-gerardo14.article By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Glenn Sacks blog 6/13/2010 "Fathers Day is fast approaching, so it must be time for anti-dad screeds to start appearing. And sure enough, as punctually as an english rural train, here they come." Read the entire article: http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=4850 By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Ifeminists.com 6/6/2010 "...It holds that a father with joint legal custody but with no physical custody (i.e. visitation rights) of his child has a right to be informed by state officials such as the police and child welfare workers when his child may be suffering abuse. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ifeminists.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.745 By New York Times 6/9/2010 "...From trendy central Stockholm to this village in the rugged forest south of the Arctic Circle, 85 percent of Swedish fathers take parental leave. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/europe/10iht-sweden.html?partner=rss&emc=rss By Law.com 6/8/2010 "...Supreme Court Justice Robert A. Ross in Nassau County ruled that the mother, Lauren R., willfully violated a court order by deliberately alienating the elementary school-age children from her ex-husband, Ted R. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202461189158&rss=newswire By MSNBC.com 6/9/2010 "... According to a recently released Department of Agriculture report, it now costs as much as $475,680 for those in the highest income group to raise a child to age 18. The figure for middle income earners was $286,050. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37596510/ns/business-personal_finance/ By Guardian.co.uk 6/10/2010 "... But to suggest that men should remain in the dark during the pregnancy and be "encouraged to wait outside the delivery room as their child is born" would be disastrous for most mothers. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/10/fathers-pregnancy-childbirth-commitment By Huffington Post (blog) 6/9/2010 "...This redefinition of fatherhood is happening in millions of families around the country, where fathers are spending far more hours with their children every week than their dads spent with them. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maddy-dychtwald/gender-roles-are-men-stil_b_605974.html By Star Community Newspapers - Texas 6/9/2010 "...Bennett said that Johnson is a good father and a good provider for her son and his five other children. She added that he spends a lot of time with her son. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.scntx.com/articles/2010/06/09/news_update/215a.txt By DadsDivorce.com 6/7/2010 "... One problem though: you only get your kids every other weekend and it's your ex-wife who has signed up your kids for these extracurricular activitiesw that severely limit your visitaiton time. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles/what-to-do-if-your-ex-is-scheduling-activities-during-your-parenting-time.html? By People.com 6/6/2010 "..."Elin now wants full custody of the children because she would prefer they have limited time with Tiger," a source tells PEOPLE. "Tiger will be generous about a settlement, and in the end will not balk about paying in the neighborhood of $700 million. But he wants joint custody." ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20391591,00.html By YLE News - Finland 6/6/2010 "Thousands of Finnish men are testing their paternity with foreign laboratories without the knowledge of their partners ..." Read the entire article: http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/06/more_men_taking_paternity_tests_without_partners_knowledge_1739579.html By KTLA.com 6/7/2010 "Authorities have launched an investigation after the 20-year-old son of state Assembly candidate Don Wagner was found dead in a Newport Beach parking structure." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-election-son-found-dead,0,5485873.story By People.com 6/4/2010 "It's over for Dog Whisperer host Cesar Millan and his wife, Ilusion." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20391564,00.html By People.com 6/4/2010 "Kate Gosselin has survived one Jon-less year." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20391197,00.html?xid By Delaware News 6/2/2010 "...The flip side is children who live without biological fathers or father figures are at least two to three times more likely to be poor; use drugs; experience educational, health, emotional; and behavioral problems; be victims of child abuse; engage in greater and earlier sexual activity; and engage in criminal behavior. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.snponline.com/articles/2010/06/02/multiple_papers/opinion/columnists/allgravesc_20100524_0251pm_3.txt By Salt Lake City Tribune 6/3/2010 "...Today, Bedolla spends quality time with his two kids and is passionate about involving more male role models in the lives of children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sltrib.com/midvalley/ci_15218692 By The Sydney Morning Herald 6/4/2010 "In a case which highlights the difficulties of keeping a low profile when you have a Facebook account, a court has ordered that the social networking site be used to serve legal documents on an elusive father in a child support dispute." Read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/court-uses-facebook-to-serve-paternity-test-order-20100603-x7dc.html By Rutherglen Reformer 6/2/1010 "...Rather than letting everything get on top of him though, the 35-year-old is relishing the prospect as growing both as a father and as a member of Parliament at the same time. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.rutherglenreformer.co.uk/rutherglen-news/rutherglen-local-news/2010/06/02/new-mp-faces-up-to-life-as-a-politician-and-a-father-63227-26566837/ By Hollywood.com 6/1/2010 "...He tells People.com, "It follows me through juggling everything and wanting to learn. There's so much out there for women but not so much for men, and I want to be a very hands-on dad. I think having a humorous but informative way to tell that story would be great for a show."..." Read the entire article: http://www.hollywood.com/news/Lopez_planning_reality_show_about_fatherhood/6876408 By DadsDivorce.com 5/28/2010 "In this week's edition of DadsDivorce Live, host Matt Allen is joined by family law judge Michele Lowrance who has written a book called “The Good Karma Divorce” to help people who are going through divorce avoid litigation, turn negative emotions into positive actions and get on with the rest of your life." To Watch the Video: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles/dadsdivorce-live-the-good-karma-divorce-with-judge-michele-lowrance.html By Medline Plus 6/1/2010 "For half a century, women have had access to birth control pills. Men? Still waiting." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_99432.html By TriCities.com - Virginia 6/2/2010 "...The rates measure the number of unmarried fathers who voluntarily step forward and claim children born out of wedlock by signing their newborn son or daughter’s birth certificate before the child leaves the hospital. “We are very pleased about that,” said Nick Young, director of the Division of Child Support Enforcement. “Our goal is to get both parents on that birth certificate.”..." Read the entire article: http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/hospitals_recognized_for_paternity_establishment_rates/47043/ By Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Ohio 5/28/2010 "As J. Tracy Robinson stepped to the podium at Thursday's Fatherhood Summit, he asked all fathers in the room to raise their hands. The gesture indicated the importance he places on responsible fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/523543.html?nav=5005 By Los Angeles Times 5/30/2010 "Dad Camp" opens with a dash of bad faith. On the new VH1 series, six expecting couples participate in a month-long therapy program in which the men are psychologically and emotionally retrained in hopes of becoming better fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-ca-monitor-20100530,0,1507464.story By People.com 6/1/2010 "Ted Koppel is speaking out about his 40-year-old son, Andrew, who died early Monday morning reportedly after a daylong drinking binge." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20390381,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By Medline Plus 5/18/2010 "Although many people know that new moms are at increased risk of depression following the birth of a child, new research suggests that about 10 percent of new dads experience the "baby blues," too." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_98910.html By DadsDivorce.com 5/21/2010 "In this week's edition of DadsDivorce Live, host Matt Allen talks with Patrick Braden about internatonal child abductions. Braden’s daughter was taken three years ago by her birth mother to Japan and he has not seen her since." Watch the video: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles/dadsdivorce-live-international-child-abduction-advocate-patrick-braden.html? By Cheryl Wetzstein -- Washington Times 5/25/2010 "...Mr. Warren recently recounted his tale at a Capitol Hill briefing on the importance of involving men in the prenatal and postnatal care of their families. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/25/wetzstein-dropping-the-ball-on-fatherhood/ By Parenting Magazine "...This new species of father can be found reasserting his place in America's homes and play groups, territory that has traditionally been dominated by moms. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Relationships/Meet-The-Modern-Dad By The Pew Trusts.org 5/18/2010 "Family structure has an impact on a child’s economic mobility prospects, according to the Pew Economic Policy Group’s report "Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children." Read the entire article: http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=58966 Read the entire article: http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=58966 By Medline Plus 5/19/2010 "Postpartum depression" Watch video: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/videos/news/dad_051910.html
By William McCloskey -- New York Times (blog) "...But in the early days I felt like a freak — shuffling to the back of the room on parents’ night at his school, shying away from the gaggle of young mothers when I took my boy to the playground, feeling myself an object of curiosity and pity for the moms who were fully engaged and seemingly very skilled and collaborative in their role. ..." Read the entire article: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/single-dads-are-different/ By New York Daily News 5/22/2010 "...She reportedly also wants full custody of their two kids even though it was first thought the couple were going to agree to joint custody. ..." By Yahoo Finance 5/19/2010 "...Much has been written about the challenges awaiting at-home mothers who decide to return to work. Few of them, though, have a tougher time of it than the stay-at-home dad. ..." Read the entire article: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109593/daunting-task-for-mr-mom-get-a-job?mod=career-worklife_balance By Metropolitan News-Enterprise - California 5/19/2010 "A man whose 18-year-old daughter was four months short of graduating from boarding school had to still pay child support to her stepfather, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled yesterday, despite a state law requiring an agreement in order to uphold “voluntary” support obligations." Read the entire article: http://www.metnews.com/articles/2010/scho051910.htm By People.com 5/19/2010 "....I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn’t have gotten married,” O’Donnell reveals in Redbook‘s June issue. ..." Read the entire article: http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/05/19/chris-odonnell-i-chose-family-over-fame/ By Appleton Post Crescent - Wisconsin 5/19/2010 "Slackers are not only the fathers in divorce cases. When the courts have awarded the father placement of the kids of a relationship, they receive little help from the local child support system." Read the entire article: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20100519/APC0601/5190338/Letters-State-can-hold-delinquent-moms-accountable-too By Paul Elam -- Mens News Daily 5/18/2010 "...It’s time for men to be allowed to legally abort fatherhood during the same period of time a woman is allowed to do the same by visiting her local clinic. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2010/05/18/time-to-abort-fatherhood-at-will/ By Army Times 5/14/2010 "An Ohio congressman is hoping the fifth time is a charm in his efforts to give special child custody protection to service members." Read the entire article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/05/military_childcustody_protection_051410w/ By The Times Herald in PA -- 5/17/2010 "...Marty Eggleston, executive director of the new Fatherhood Initiative program, said he is proud of the recent success the new curriculum has yielded. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/05/17/news/doc4bf0c0d88cdda920217277.txt By TurnTo23.com 5/6/2010 "..."I helped,” Michael Gutierrez, Nathan’s dad said. “I just helped. I think any father would do that for his son. No questions asked. You just do it.” ..." Read the entire article: http://www.turnto23.com/news/23480769/detail.html By Plain Dealer (blog) - Ohio 5/14/2010 "Will it never end? Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones wants President Barack Obama to create a federal commission on "fatherhood" ("Jones lobbies Obama for fatherhood agency," Tuesday). It would likely be modeled after the same Ohio program that he now chairs, only on a grander scale." Read the entire article: http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2010/05/opposing_cuyahoga_county_commi.html By GoodMensProject - Massachusetts 5/13/2010 "How we can help men become better fathers? A recent event held by The Fatherhood Program at The Children’s Trust Fund in Boston brought together several groups seeking answers to that question." Read the entire article: http://www.goodmenproject.org/blog/2010/05/a-community-of-good-fathers/ By StarNewsOnline.com 5/13/2010 "David Frederiksen wanted to create a place for fathers to connect after spending almost four years as a stay-at-home dad to his daughter, Olivia, who just turned 7 years old. He and others created a website for local fathers at www.capefeardad.com." Read the entire article: By ScienceDaily.com 4/15/2010 "...Results indicated that one of the strongest protective factors for reducing the risk of experimenting with smoking in early adolescence was how often fathers talked with their children, both boys and girls, about 'things that mattered'. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100414193820.htm By Allthestories.com 5/7/2010 "...To put it in a different way, the male’s role in the family is still limited by all those social beliefs and norms that characterise all modern societies. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.allthestories.com/fatherhood-still-quite-traditional/ By Sun Gazette - Florida 5/2/2010 "...The six-week course is free, open to the public and stresses the importance of fatherhood. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/542704.html?nav=5009 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "Being a committed dad and trying to be a great employee sometimes run in conflict in a father's life. Probably the most common issue I hear from committed dads is the difficulty in balancing the work and home components of their life." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/cs/fatherhoodstories/a/familyfriendly.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "My life sometimes feels a lot like a merry go round. I enjoy many aspects of my life, including family, work, hobbies and personal spirituality, but often feel like life spins by at an ever increasing speed." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/workingfathers/a/gtdfordads.htm?nl=1 By Medline Plus 5/7/2010 "...The study authors, Alison Chapple and Sue Ziebland of the University of Oxford, talked to 80 relatives of people who died in violent ways, including suicide, murder, car accident and drug overdose. The researchers interviewed the participants for up to six hours. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_98534.html By The News-Messenger 5/8/2010 "Fathers in northwest Ohio who are interested in connecting with their children can find assistance at WSOS." Read the entire article: http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20100508/NEWS01/5080315 By PR Newswire (press release) UK – Chicago 5/10/2010 "The Fatherhood Educational Institute (FEI) President Emeritus and attorney Jeffery M. Leving supports a recent ruling by the Czech Constitutional Court promising to make it easier for fathers to gain custody of their children. The Czech court states cases should be decided according to a child's best interests. This is the law in the United States in most cases." Read the entire article: http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=286088 By Forestdale – New York "...The Fathering Initiative is a 12-week job training and parenting course that prepares noncustodial fathers to reclaim a role in their children’s lives. ..." Read the entire article: http://forestdaleinc.org/622/focus-on-forestdale-the-fathering-initiative/ By New Zealand Herald - New Zealand 4/29/2010 "Fatherhood can be the key to transforming anti-social young men into responsible citizens, according to new research commissioned by Victoria University's Institute of Policy Studies." Read the entire article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10641598 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "There is nothing quite like a woman who is nearing the end of her pregnancy. She is a bundle of physical, mental and emotional issues." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/pregnancyandfathers/a/allaboutlabor.htm?nl=1 By Genetics Home Reference "CATSPER1-related nonsyndromic male infertility is a condition that affects the function of sperm, leading to an inability to father children. ..." Read the entire article: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=catsper1relatednonsyndromicmaleinfertility By Rome News Tribune - Georgia 5/3/2010 "Children from homes without fathers make up 63 percent of youth suicides. More than 70 percent of juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes and daughters with absentee fathers are 164 percent more like to give birth out of wedlock."
By USA Today 5/7/2010 "...Roland Warren, president of the non-profit National Fatherhood Initiative, calls absent dads the nation's biggest social crisis. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-05-06-wesmoore06_CV_N.htm By Hawaii 24/7 Press Release - Hawaii 5/6/2010 "Family Support Services of West Hawaii (FSSWH) has been awarded a $57,500 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to support Na Makuakane Maikai O Hawaii — Great Fathers of Hawaii." Read the entire article: http://www.hawaii247.com/2010/05/06/fsswh-receives-oha-grant-for-fatherhood-initiative/ By Wayne Parker -- About.com: Fatherhood 4/21/2010 "According to The Guardian, the number of fathers staying at home to raise children has increased in Great Britain by ten times in the last ten years. Certainly, the growing trend of stay-at-home dads is a positive for father-child relationships." Read the entire article http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/04/21/lots-more-british-dads-staying-home.htm?nl=1 Fatherhood Initiative participants tackle tough issues in discussion sessionThursday, 29 April 2010
By Brewers - USA 4/26/2010 "...Men also shared difficulties they experience in trying to "be a man," usually receiving plenty of advice from others present. ... Read the entire article: http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1629613.html By KTKA/49 News - Kansas 4/24/2010 "...The team hopes to get fathers involved with their children to make a better future for the kids. Dana Book of Fatherhood Action says, "Involved dads make a difference, and if we spend time with our kids they on average, do better in school, they grow up to be better, healthier adults. That's the ultimate goal."..." Read the entire article: http://www.ktka.com/news/2010/apr/24/fatherhood-action-team-encourages-other-dads/ By The Guardian 4/7/2010 "...The main reason families gave for men looking after the children was that the woman was the higher earner. The woman is the main breadwinner in 16% of families with dependent children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/apr/07/rise-stay-at-home-fathers-study By Contra Costa Times 4/28/2010 "...American dads have come a long way since the 1950s and '60s. In 1950, only 12 percent of U.S. mothers of children under age 6 worked outside the home. In 2005, about 63 percent of U.S. mothers of young children did (U.S. Department of Labor, 2007). ..." Read the entire article: http://www.contracostatimes.com/teens/ci_14961231 By This is Nottingham – United Kingdom "...David felt close to his only child from the moment she was born. "Emma would fall asleep on my chest. She would come into work with me on the Tube. We just bonded," he recalls, fondly. Today they share the same love of music and horses and even have similar handwriting. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/14-year-old-caught-courtroom-wrangle/article-2079992-detail/article.html By Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand 4/29/2010 "Fatherhood can transform anti-social young men into responsible citizens, according to new research commissioned by Victoria’s Institute of Policy Studies." Read the entire article: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1004/S00096.htm By KansasCity.com - Kansas 4/20/2010 "...“A lot of times, men will do for their children what they won’t do for themselves,” said George R. Williams, the marriage and family therapist who leads the program. ..." By Albert Lea Tribune - Minnesota 4/17/2010 "How many tragedies have to happen to the innocent children before we, the public, stand up and demand change in our judicial system regarding the horrific injustices that are occurring in child custody cases?" Read the entire article: http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2010/apr/17/kids-suffer-when-parents-divorce/ By Norristown Times Herald - Pennsylvania 4/17/2010 "The family of Scott Riley, who was shot and killed last May, have launched a nonprofit to honor his memory by helping children who have lost or become estranged from their fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/04/17/news/doc4bc9454437037301912700.txt By The News Journal - Delaware 4/21/2010 "...Hernandez is one of a small group of fathers involved in a pilot project to help bring dads and their children closer together by giving the men a hand up -- whether from homelessness, substance abuse or prison. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100421/NEWS02/4210351/Raising-families-raising-hope By Examiner.com - Georgia 4/17/2010 "...Congressman David Scott delivered a compelling and inspiring keynote address calling everyone in attendance to personally take up the cause of fatherhood. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-34495-Atlanta-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2010m4d17-1st-Fatherhood-Conference-successfully-launched-in-Clayton-County By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide to Fatherhood 4/7/2010 "Men's Health magazine and the National Father's Day Committee are once again sponsoring the All Star Dad Award program." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/04/07/all-star-dad-award-program.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide to Fatherhood 4/11/2010 "... At OurFamilyWizard.com, families can set up joint calendars to keep track of visitation, create and modify parenting plans, keep a journal of activities, maintain expense records, share photos and videos, and set up email and text notifications for various events. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/04/11/new-web-service-helps-divorced-dads-keep-track.htm?nl=1 By DadsDivorce.com 4/15/2010 "Author Doug McKee joins us in the latest edition of DadsDivorce Live to talk about his book "A Father's Journey to Custody." The book, written from a father's perspective, will guide you in the right direction during your divorce and/or custody battle while offering helpful tips and advice along the way." Watch the video: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/blog/dadsdivorce-live-a-fathers-journey-to-custody-with-doug-mckee.html? By MercatorNet - USA 4/19/2010 "It’s scientific: kids need not just two parents but a mother and father." Read the entire article: http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_indispensable_dad/ By The Australian - Australia 4/20/2010 "MORE fathers are taking primary care of their children after divorce and separation, with new figures revealing a steady increase in the number of mothers paying child support to fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/rise-in-mothers-paying-child-support/story-e6frg6nf-1225855704303 By Richmond Times Dispatch - Virginia 4/20/2010 "..."We tell the fathers, if there is any doubt in your mind that you are the father, we would rather you not acknowledge paternity," Young said. "We offer men DNA testing if there is any doubt. We will pay for it."..." Read the entire article: http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/health_med_fit/article/B-FATH20_20100419-214803/338519/ By People.com 4/17/2010 "...According to a family law specialist, the wealthy actor-director-producer will likely pay a large amount of child support to ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva for their 5-month-old daughter,..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20361836,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By People.com 4/16/2010 "...But Wasser says that if they are going to counseling, it has to do with their two sons. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20361783,00.html By The Australian - Australia 4/16/2010 "MEN are using a new law to win back hundreds of thousands of dollars paid in child support for children they later discovered were not theirs."' Read the entire article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/duped-dads-win-back-child-payments/story-e6frg6nf-1225854290980 By Nursery World (subscription) – United Kingdom 4/14/2010 "...Fathers-to-be are given opportunities to talk to other men about what it is like to be a father and see how to care for a new baby. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/996370/Project-hit-fathers/ By Glenn Sacks MA, Executive Director -- Fathers and Families 4/12/2010 "...Washington Post syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker, whose column is published in over 300 newspapers weekly, was recently awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/?p=6740 By Wayne Parker -- About.com "There is maybe no more difficult challenge to a father than finding himself a divorced dad and no longer living with the kids. It is as devastating an experience as I know of. " Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/divorceddads/tp/divorced_dads.htm?nl=1 By Woburn Advocate - Massachusetts 4/12/2010 "St. John’s Baptist Church Men’s Day will be held April 18, 11 a.m. The theme is “Time To Stand Up!” I Corinthians 15:57-58." Read the entire article: http://www.wickedlocal.com/woburn/newsnow/x1060311323/Church-hosts-Mens-Day-this-Sunday By The Detroit News (blog) - Michigan 4/13/2010 "...This all sounds noble enough, but what about the thousands of dads who understand this yet outside of marriage, they've been disenfranchised in their parental role to an every-other-weekend visitor or sometimes even less? With all due respect to this campaign and the organizations behind it, they are missing the proverbial elephant in the room. ..." By Frost Illustrated - Indiana "...Figures and facts have been published signifying the importance of the role a father plays. To most dedicated fathers, this might seem like a senseless waste of time and money; why would anyone take the time to research something so obvious? It is the obvious that is most often overlooked. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.frostillustrated.com/full.php?sid=7334¤t_edition=2010-04-14 By Minneapolis Star Tribune – Minneapolis 4/6/2010 "A new family court to establish paternity and help unmarried parents learn skills to cooperatively raise their children was approved Tuesday by the Hennepin County Board for a three-year test period." Read the entire article: http://www.startribune.com/local/west/90049772.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU By About.com: Fatherhood "The statistics are pretty alarming. Television has become the central focus in too many homes." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/activities/a/turnofftv.htm?nl=1 By Springfield News Sun - Ohio 4/3/2010 "...Rhoads, who took the classes with his father, is dad to 6-month-old Bradin and a father figure to a 6-year-old girl. He learned a lot in the courses, including how to balance being a stern parent and a nurturing one. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/fatherhood-class-builds-better-dads-635155.html?showComments=true By BBC News – United Kingdom 4/6/2010 "...The results of the survey of 1,000 parents suggest around 6% of fathers, or 600,000 men, are now their child's primary carer, up from 60,000 in 2000. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8605824.stm By The Telegraph – United Kingdom 4/7/2010 "...We lost the sex war but most of us are happy about it, and I don’t know any father who doesn’t appreciate and cherish every second he spends with his child. But the speed of social change is quite remarkable, with new reports suggesting that not only has the number of stay-at-home fathers increased by ten fold, so has the average amount of time that fathers spend with their children. ..." Read the entire article: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100033107/british-society-is-divided-between-the-super-dads-and-the-absent-ones/ By YahooNews 4/6/2010 "...The Cuban immigrant community in Florida embraced the boy as a symbol of the struggle of ordinary Cubans to flee the oppression of Fidel Castro's communist regime, and rallied behind the boy's extended family in Miami, which sought custody of young Elian. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1481 By KTLA.com 4/6/2010 "A California father didn't hesitate to dive into the frigid East River after witnessing a terrifying accident -- his 2-year-old daughter managed to slip off a pier, falling 20 feet into the water." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-dad-saves-daughter,0,433742.story By Press & Sun-Bulletin – New York 4/1/2010 "...The organization aims to celebrate fatherhood by having regular events that provide “Dad time” for fathers and children; provide a forum for fathers to gain wisdom, advice, confidence and strength from other men with fatherhood experience; and create a place for men to receive recognition, encouragement. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/100401020/Superdads++Network+to+hold+meeting By Canon City Daily Record - Colorado 3/31/2010 "...“It’s a general fatherhood skill-building program,” said Fatherhood Program Coordinator Gary Watkins. “It gives these guys different options, different insights into being a dad. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/Top-Story.asp?ID=13296 By ScienceDaily.com 4/1/2010 "A new study has found that fathers give toddlers more leeway and that allows them to actively explore their environments, according to a new study on parent-child attachment published inEarly Child Development and Care." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100331091145.htm By Hicksville Illustrated News – New York 3/26/2010 "The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently announced that it has awarded more than $2.7 million for eight organizations to run programs that will help low-income, noncustodial fathers become more involved with their children’s lives, financially and emotionally." Read the entire article: http://www.antonnews.com/hicksvilleillustratednews/news/6968-state-awards-27-million-for-responsible-fatherhood-programsstate-awards-27-million-for-responsible-fatherhood-programs.html By Our Weekly 3/18/2010 "Every Thursday night, fathers and sons take time to “let it all out” and escape from the everyday pressures of life. They talk about the job, spiritual life, love, and everything else a man deals with. Other serious issues are addressed as well, including depression, anger, and fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://ourweekly.com/antelope-valley/project-fatherhood By Fort Dodge Messenger 3/28/2010 "Self-esteem. Self-worth. Self-concept. These are the cornerstones of a father-support program in Fort Dodge called Lifetime Dads." Read the entire article: http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/523481.html?nav=5010 By Examiner.com - California 3/26/2010 "...The Fatherhood Initiative is a relatively new (1 year old) program operating under its parent organization Great Beginnings for Black Babies, Inc. (GBBB) a 20 year old non-profit organization. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-35307-LA-Parenting--Education-Examiner~y2010m3d26-Fathers-graduate-from-program By fwdailynews.com - Indiana 3/28/2010 "...According to the National Fatherhood Initiative, one in three kids in America — or 25 million — live apart from their biological father. The NFI also found of nearly 14,000 incarcerated women in a study, more than half grew up without their father and 42 percent grew up in single-mother homes. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fwdailynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7220:Anna-+-Mommy-+-Dominic-=-A-perfect-family&catid=174:features&Itemid=9 By FayObserver.com – North Carolina 3/29/2010 "...Children from a fatherless home are five times more likely to commit suicide; 32 times more likely to run away; 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; 14 times more likely to commit rape; nine times more likely to drop out of school; 10 times more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol; and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2010/03/29/986549 By Times Online – United Kingdom 3/27/2010 "Modern dads are different. We read books about fatherhood, we talk to our friends about fatherhood, we seek emotional engagement and we make educational sock puppets. " Read the entire article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article7071005.ece By Dayton Daily News - Ohio 3/28/2010 "Who’s your daddy? The answer can have a major impact on a child’s life, including custody, inheritance, Social Security and veterans benefits, health insurance coverage and family medical history." Read the entire article: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/paternity-testing-business-thrives-consumers-pay-big--625451.html By Reason.com -- April 2010 "The responsibilities of a parent have never been simple. Three recent cases highlight just how convoluted those chains of responsibility can get, and how fickle the courts have been in weighing genetic parenthood against the deals would-be parents have struck with their partners." Read the entire article: http://reason.com/archives/2010/03/24/whos-your-daddy-or-your-other By The Star-Ledger - NJ.com 3/21/2010 "...More and more, online social-networking sites such as Facebook are playing a role in the breakup of marriages — whether it’s people griping about spouses or contacting old flames, or matrimonial attorneys looking for evidence to be used in divorce proceedings. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/facebook_plays_havoc_in_marria.html By Santa Cruz Sentinel 3/21/2010 "...PAPAS, a Watsonville program funded by the state that started in 2003 to improve father involvement with their children, is trying to help men understand that new world by creating a Saturday morning support group that brings men of all ages and background together to swap notes and experiences on parenting. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/rss/ci_14722320?source=rss By Examiner.com 3/22/2010 "...According to Judge Ruhlmann, the best interests of the child takes precedence over DNA testing. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-14537-Albany-CPS-and-Family-Court-Examiner~y2010m3d22-One-Monroe-County-Family-Court-paternity-case-ignores-GMT-or-DNA-testing-another-one-admits-it By People.com 3/21/2010 "...Tabloids also drew a connection between a 2007 paternity suit filed by a Georgia woman, Kali Bowyer, who claimed Rock was the father of her then-13-year-old son. DNA tests later proved that was not the case. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20353392,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By People.com 3/25/2010 "...A paternity test has confirmed that Mathew Knowles, 58, is the father of Alexsandra Wright's new baby boy, Nixon TMZ reports. The baby's half-sisters Beyoncé and Solange are 29 and 24, respectively. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20354547,00.html By The Tennessean 3/23/2010 "The Tennessee General Assembly is considering legislation (HB2916) whereby children would have joint parenting by their divorcing parents. Believe it or not, women's groups, lawyers and "child advocates" oppose this legislation. Creating a child equally takes a man and a woman. Parenting should also equally take a man and a woman. What's wrong with that logic?" Read the entire article: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100323/OPINION01/3230375/1008 By David M. Dinn -- Letter to the Editor -- Indianapolis Star 3/24/2010 "...Fortunately going forward, Senate Enrolled Act 178 provides a mechanism for fathers of children born out of wedlock to take a more active roll. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100324/OPINION01/3240321/1002/OPINION/Kids-benefit-from-bill-giving-dads-a-more-active-role Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100324/OPINION01/3240321/1002/OPINION/Kids-benefit-from-bill-giving-dads-a-more-active-role By Springfield News-Sun 3/18/2010 "The Advance Fatherhood Ohio! summit is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8 at the Courtyard by Marriott downtown." Read the entire article: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/summit-to-focus-on-fatherhood-607459.html?cxtype=rss_local-news By York News-Times 3/19/2010 "Christian Heritage is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Nebraska Father of the Year Award, which will be presented at a “Celebration of Fatherhood” luncheon to be held at the Embassy Suites in Lincoln on June 17." Read the entire article: http://www.yorknewstimes.com/articles/2010/03/19/news/doc4ba2b83427c73450617687.txt By All Africa 3/19/2010 "The good models of fatherhood existing in the Angolan society should be highlighted and valued so they can be followed by all, said in Luanda, the Secretary of State for Rural Development, Filomena Delgado." Read the entire article: http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/sociedade/2010/2/11/Society-told-praise-good-fatherhood-models-state-secretary,768e5ca6-94f9-4a20-8208-f435bbd82043.html By FoxNews.com 3/19/2010 "The competence of diligent dads helping out at home is damaging the self-esteem of "super-moms" who feel caught between work and traditional child-rearing roles, according to a new study revealed by LiveScience." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589645,00.html By FoxNews.com 3/18/2010 "Do soldiers need marijuana for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?" Watch the video: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4114243/pot-to-heal-the-pain By Molly Murphy -- DadsDivorce.com 3/15/2010 "Custody battles are hard on kids of all ages. It is especially hard for tweens and teenagers. They are old enough to understand what court is, and that Mom and Dad are fighting over them." Read the entire article: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/blog/the-new-teenage-struggle-should-i-choose-mom-or-dad.html?utm_source=DadsDivorce.com+Newsletter By Republican Herald - Pennsylvania 3/15/2010 "Clinical Outcomes Group Inc. has been awarded a $25,000 grant to strengthen the bond between father and child." Read the entire article: http://republicanherald.com/news/county-group-gets-grant-to-promote-fatherhood-1.681349 By FoxNews.com 3/14/2010 "One naval officer, lead Petty Officer Juan Ramos, 29, lives this sacrifice. A flight deck supervisor aboard the USS Eisenhower, Ramos spends up to six months at a time away from his wife and six children." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589215,00.html By Kristi L. Nelson -- Knoxville News Sentinel 3/14/2010 "...A Fragile Families study showed a majority of unmarried fathers were very involved with their infants and planned to stay that way. About 80 percent provided financial support to their child’s mother during pregnancy and planned to support the child. ..." Read the entire article: http://m.knoxnews.com/news/2010/mar/14/study-majority-unwed-dads-involved-infants/ By Irish Independent – United Kingdom 3/15/2010 "Q I have just found out that my teenage son has gotten a girl pregnant. To say that I'm devastated doesn't even come close to describing how I feel." Read the entire article: http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/fatherhood-isnt-end-of-road-for-your-teenage-son-2099148.html By CNN.com 3/15/2010 "A 12-year-old could be tried on charges of murdering his father's pregnant fiancee." Watch the video: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/03/15/carroll.juvenile.murder.charge.cnn By Cheryl Wetzstein -- Washington Times 3/12/2010 "Is the Obama administration trying to divorce the federal government from the marriage business? Yes, the White House is ditching the only real federal effort to strengthen the institution of marriage, say some marriage-movement activists, who are already lamenting the loss of the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grant program." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/12/the-family-funds-breakup/ By American Prospect 3/8/2010 "Of the many biographical details that shaped Barack Obama as a political figure, perhaps none is more prominent than the absence of his father during his upbringing." Read the entire article: http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=daddy_issues By NZ City 3/10/2010 "John Travolta will grieve for his late son for the rest of his life." Read the entire article: http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=111895&cat=985&fm=newsarticle%20-%20Entertainment,nur By Frost Illustrated - Indiana 3/10/2010 "Attorney General Eric Holder stressed the importance of black men taking responsibility in their homes during the Alliance of Concerned Men’s recent National Roundtable and Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood and Solutions to Youth Violence." Read the entire article: http://www.frostillustrated.com/atf.php?sid=7165¤t_edition=2010-03-10 By E-Online "..."We're very happy," the couple said in a statement. "Courtney and I couldn't be more excited. I've waited my whole life to be a dad, this is a true blessing. ..." By Telegraph.co.uk 2/26/2010 "Kevin Geraghty-Shewan, 48, was threatened with arrest by police officers and told the images may have to be deleted, despite protesting that he had every right to photograph his own son." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7326561/Father-told-to-stop-taking-pictures-of-his-own-son.html By Reno Gazette Journal - Nevada 3/3/2010 "Lyon County Human Services is hosting a course on 'The Importance of Fatherhood' starting on Thursday, March 4, at the Human Services office on Main Street." Read the entire article: http://www.rgj.com/article/20100303/FERNLEY03/3030310/1306/FERNLEY By New York Times 2/21/2010 "...An online discussion of how economic changes may be affecting women's marriage prospects..." Read the online discussion: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/for-women-redefining-marriage-material/ By Kathryn Lopez -- Towhall.com 2/12/2010 "...She adds: "Even in a football stadium of screaming fans the toddler boy didn't look anxious. He knew he was safe. He was with dad."..." Read the entire article: http://townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2010/02/12/family_takes_a_team_effort By People.com 2/27/2010 "He may seem a little young to be called "Grandpa," but 47-year-old Jim Carrey is embracing his new role now that daughter Jane Carrey has given birth to a baby boy." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20346497,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By CNN 2/17/2010 "...The drunkenness brought an end to his marriage of 21 years, he said. But it was the conversation with his son, now 18, that opened his eyes, he said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/17/tracy.morgan/index.html By Kingsport Times News - Tennessee 2/25/2010 "..."We see the effects of teen pregnancy a lot," said Guy Jones, deputy director of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference. The DAs enforce child support in more than two-thirds of the state. By law, teen parents, whether they have a job or not, are required to pay child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9020907 By ReadMedia (press release) – New York 2/24/2010 "...The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced that it has awarded more than $2.7 million for eight organizations to run programs that will help low-income, noncustodial fathers become more involved with their children's lives, financially and emotionally. ..." Read the entire article: http://readme.readmedia.com/State-Awards-2-7-Million-for-Responsible-Fatherhood-Programs/1176349 Quincy area education, social services coalition focuses on fathers in 2010Friday, 26 February 2010
By Quincy Herald Whig - Illinois 2/20/2010 "The Area Planning Committee will highlight the importance of fathers in 2010 as a means to boost the family." Read the entire article: http://www.whig.com/story/news/apc-022110 By Providence Journal – Rhode Island 2/21/2010 "...Apparently, child-welfare systems have been part of the problem. Glantz says that while social-service workers are getting better about involving dads in their children’s lives, actually, “Fatherhood is a relatively new field. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.projo.com/education/juliasteiny/content/EDWATCH_21_02-21-10_LCHFEIR_v9.2937bd2.html By Washington Informer – District of Columbia 2/25/2010 "The Alliance of Concerned Men, one of the city’s leading organizations focusing on problems facing young Black men recently held a roundtable discussion A National Roundtable and Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood and Solutions to Youth Violence. Tyrone Parker, an activist with the D.C. Commission of Men and Boys hosted the meeting at the University of the District of Columbia and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder served as its keynote speaker." By Times Online – United Kingdom 2/23/2010 "...In this room the prisoners get a precious opportunity to play with their children, read them books and have family photographs taken, which are then displayed in their cells. “It gives them something to focus on,” O’Connor says, “something to aim towards.”..." Read the entire article: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article7036657.ece By ScienceDaily.com 1/29/2010 " If your grandfather has had a hip fracture, you too could be at risk. Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have been able to show, for the first time, a link between hip fractures in elderly men and impaired bone health in their grandsons." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100129111759.htm By independent.ie - Ireland/United Kingdom 2/22/2010 "...The Economic and Social Research Institute study also found there were more than 10,000 lone fathers - only one in eight lives with their children. ..." Read the entire article: By Leonard Pitts Jr. -- Miami Herald 2/17/2010 "...We used to have a saying: It takes a man to make a baby. I'm beginning to think that, at least for some of us, the opposite is true: It takes a baby to make a man. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/17/1483854/what-it-takes-to-be-a-man.html By Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. -- Miami Herald 2/21/2010 "Re Leonard Pitts Jr.'s Feb. 17 column, What it takes to be a man: I thank Pitts for his moving testimonial to his son, a father. If more reporters, columnists and newspapers printed positive portrayals of fathers, children, mothers, fathers and society would be better off, which social-science research confirms regularly." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/21/1490445/fathers-matter.html By WALB-TV - Georgia 2/17/2010 "...Sabbs said, "Teaching responsibilities of fatherhood to teen fathers, those guys 14, 15, 16 years old who are fathers technically, but they don't have the wisdom or responsibility to know how to care for a child."..." Read the entire article: http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12000977 By Medline Plus 2/16/2010 "Poorly fitting condoms not only boost the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, they also reduce sexual pleasure during intercourse, a new study has found." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_95294.html By Bernard Aronson -- Washington Post 2/19/2010 "...About 2,800 American children have been abducted to other nations. More cases are reported every year as binational marriages become more common in an era of globalization. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/18/AR2010021803401.html
By Washington Post (blog) – District of Columbia 2/18/2010 "..."A father's role in the life of a child is irreplaceable," said Holder during the keynote address opening "A National Roundtable and Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood" that was sponsored by the Alliance of Concerned Men. ..." Read the entire article: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2010/02/holder_joins_in_effort_to_help.html By The Australian - Australia 2/19/2010 "WHEN family mediator Jonathan Toussaint asked a 13-year-old boy recently what message he wanted to give his separated mother and father, the boy replied: "I have two messages. When you speak to each other, use each other's names [not insults] and don't use me as a message carrier. It's not my problem.".." Read the entire article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/work-together-for-the-kids-separation/story-e6frg8y6-1225831963880 By KTLA.com "...Physically, emotionally and financially, a baby can come as a shock to the established pattern of an older father's life. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/lifestyle/parenting/sfe-featolderdads,0,7844032.story By KTLA.com 1/22/2010 "...Because Baddick, a senior manager for a pharmaceutical company, is divorced from Isabella's mother, he helped his daughter study using their laptop computers and the Internet. The virtual visits are a weekly date for the pair, in addition to the in-person weekly visits and twice monthly weekend stays. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/lifestyle/parenting/ct-met-0123-virtual-visitation-20100122,0,2447796.story By Cleveland.com - Ohio 2/10/2010 "...These grants promote strong, healthy relationships between fathers and their children. An RFP was released in August of 2009 to select 2010 grantees. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/call-and-post/index.ssf/2010/02/7million_for_faith-based_partn.html By TheSaladMagazine.com - Africa 2/11/2010 "...How many children on the African continent are without fathers in their lives?..." Read the entire article: http://thesaladmagblog.bloglines.co.za/2010/02/11/where-are-africas-fathers/ By People.com 2/11/2010 "Former Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan remembered her father as a source of strength for her, love to his wife and joy to all of those he met." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20343520,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By Robert Franklin, Esq. on Mens News Daily 1/28/2010 "Mothers should not have the option to put down "unknown father" on a birth certificate since children have the right to know who their father is, the parliamentary Social Affairs Committee has suggested. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2010/01/28/malta-may-abolish-father-unknown-on-birth-certificates/ By Washington Times 1/6/2010 "...It "supports efforts to assist states and communities to promote and support responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage." ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/06/hicks-fatherhood-by-billboard/ By TMCnet - USA 1/31/2010 "...Fathers for Good, Caulfield said, is a place where men can discuss the issues they face as dads, from discipline to maintaining a balance between work and family. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/01/31/4596856.htm By Times and Transcript - Canada 1/30/2010 "...Not only do many of today's single dads insist on playing meaningful roles in their children's lives, they're not afraid to reach out for guidance in order to do that. ..." Read the entire article: http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/lifetimes/article/938295 By TheDay.com 1/30/2010 "Fathers can learn about taking care of their children's basic health and safety needs at the "Doctor Dad" workshop starting Tuesday and continuing on Feb. 9, 16 and 23." Read the entire article: http://www.theday.com/article/20100130/NWS01/301309932/-1/NWS By Maryland Divorce (By Robert Flanagan) - Maryland 1/31/2010 "...Mr. Duckworth played a trump card to defend against a claim for arrearages brought by his former wife. He asserted a claim that had long been a matter of suspicion. He wasn't the biological father of his 14 year old daughter!..." Read the entire article: http://www.marylanddivorceattorneyblog.com/2010/01/maryland-divorce-lawyers-know-1.html By Children & Young People Now – United Kingdom 1/19/2010 "...From next month, the government will begin distributing 600,000 copies of The New Dad's Guide. The guide will address legal and health issues that fathers should bear in mind as well as relationship support and information on the importance of fatherhood. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Childcare-and-Early-Years/978135/Government-launches-guide-new-fathers/ By BBC News – United Kingdom 1/20/2010 "More fathers than ever before may attend the birth of their child, but the government is keen to involve them even more closely in pregnancy, labour and the aftermath as part of its Green Paper on the family." Read the entire article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8468729.stm By Reuters - USA 1/20/2010 "...In the new study, researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut found that sons of teenage fathers were 80 percent more likely to have a child before age 20 compared with their peers born to older fathers. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60J54720100120 By WVEC.com (subscription) - Virginia 1/15/2010 "A National Fatherhood Initiative study shows the absence of dads hurts children, leading to teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse and gang involvement." Read the entire article: http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Suffolk-program-helps--81744392.html By Politics.co.uk – United Kingdom 1/20/2010 "...Fathers will be given lessons in parenting as part of an effort to prevent family breakdown, following research which shows fathers involved early on in their children's life tend to stick with the family. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/children-and-family/balls-unveils-fatherhood-help-$1354396.htm By St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri 1/14/2010 "...Decades of social science research now tell us that a father's sustained, committed involvement with his children and presence in the home matter more than we ever imagined. On nearly every measure available — from health and financial stability to rates of graduation, substance abuse and teen pregnancy — children raised by their married mothers and fathers fare better than those raised in other types of families. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/story/D0853BEA7C207945862576AA007ECDF1?OpenDocument By Palo Alto Online - California 1/11/2010 "Encouraging fathers to be present in the lives of their children is the goal of a Jan. 29 conference planned by the Fatherhood Collaborative, an official advisory board to the County of San Mateo." Read the entire article: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=15256 By Plain Dealer - Ohio 1/12/2010 "The Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative received $300,000 from the federal government last month, on top of a $25,000 grant from National Fatherhood Initiative." Read the entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2010/01/cuyahoga_county_fatherhood_initiative_receives_300000_federal_grant.html By ABC News -- Australia 1/13/2010 "A two-year-old New Zealand girl has been found alive under her father's body in a collapsed building in the Haitian capital." Read the entire article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/14/2791903.htm By Santa Cruz Sentinel – New Mexico 1/5/2010 "When Boulder Creek resident Kerry McCormick was going through a divorce about eight years ago, a judge strongly recommended that McCormick attend the Divorced Father's Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining shared parenting relationships. " Read the entire article: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14123990 By ChicagoSecurity - Illinois 1/5/2010 "...With divorced and unmarried fathers currently having the undeserved reputation of “deadbeats”, how can little boys grow up proud to be male?..." Read the entire article: http://chicagosecurity.org/2010/01/05/is-he-the-loser-or-is-he-dad.html By Suffolk News-Herald - Virginia 1/1/2010 "Millennial Mentoring Youth Academy, also known as Y2K Academy, has received a $25,000 grant from the National Fatherhood Initiative to help young men learn to be better fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/news/2010/jan/01/mentor-group-wins-grant/ By USA Weekend 1/10/2010 "A young man I didn't know contacted me about taking a paternity test. If I'm the father, I'd be interested in pursuing a relationship. What's the best way for me to accomplish that?" Read the entire article: http://www.usaweekend.com/10_issues/100110/100110relationtips-paternity.html By Burlington Times News – North Carolina 1/1/2010 "...Some men who try to have contact with their children can’t. Some men who pay to help support their children have legitimate concerns about how the money is spent. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/left-30706-align-need.html By Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 12/23/2009 "On December 15, 2009, in Atlanta, GA, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and Attorney General Eric Holder cohosted a Fatherhood Town Hall Meeting at Morehouse College." Read the entire article: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/enews/09juvjust/091223.html By Medline Plus 12/28/2009 "Nearly half of men who get vasectomies don't return for follow-up tests that make sure the procedure is working, new research suggests." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_93467.html By Carroll County Times - Maryland 12/28/2009 "The future of Dads Works, a program designed to help Carroll’s fathers become better parents, is still on shaky ground, but it won’t close its doors this year." Read the entire article: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/12/28/news/local_news/2_dads_works.txt By Washington Times 12/30/2009 "Sarah Palin's oldest daughter appears to have lost her bid to keep a bitter legal dispute with her 1-year-old son's father confidential." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/30/palins-grandson-in-a-custody-battle/ By PR Newswire (press release) - Chicago 12/29/2009 "The Fatherhood Educational Institute (FEI, http://fatherhood-edu.org) will benefit from a $25,000.00 donation from fathers' rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving, announced Claude Ohanesian, President of FEI." Read the entire article: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-fatherhood-educational-institute-announces-25000-donation-from-attorney-jeffery-m-leving-80285152.html By ReviewTimes.com - Ohio 12/23/2009 "First Step: Family Violence Intervention Center has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Fatherhood Initiative. The agency was awarded a capacity-building award in the amount of $25,000 for work with local fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.reviewtimes.com/Issues/2009/Dec/23/ar_news_122309_story3.asp?d=122309_story3,2009,Dec,23&c=n By Chicago Tribune - Illinois 12/18/2009 "An uncle of three, Nick Hunn of Des Plaines has had plenty of practice with babies. But he could always give his nieces back to their parents if they cried. That won't be an option now that his girlfriend is expecting his first child." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-balance-daddy-bootcamp-18dec18,0,6834423.story By Cheryl Wetzstein-- Washington Times 12/6/2009 "But when half the parenting population thinks a child's father is replaceable, we are in dire straits." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/06/wetzstein-neither-parent-fully-replaceable/?page=2 By Access Washington – Washington State 11/30/2009 "...Through the three-year project, the DSHS Division of Child Support will work with local governments to help the unwed parents file official parenting plans. The development and eventual filing of a parenting plan involves coordination between various community groups, including dispute resolution centers, court facilitators, court clerks and the DCS. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dshs.wa.gov/mediareleases/2009/pr09185.shtml By KAMR - Texas 12/1/2009 "The Obama Administration is holding a series of forums this fall about fatherhood and the roll that dad can play within the school." Read the entire article: http://myhighplains.com/content/fulltext/?cid=96292 By The Detroit News - Michigan 11/25/2009 "...Even though DNA tests, the child's mother and Quinn all agree he's her father, Michigan law says he's not. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.detnews.com/article/20091125/METRO/911250368/Some-fathers-say-Michigan-paternity-law-shuts-them-out By Examiner.com - Michigan 11/25/2009 "...This law has stopped many fathers their rights and or visitation to their children. Some even can’t pay child support, her husband is responsible. But there is a flip-side to this as well….Some husbands don’t want to be responsible for children that are not theirs, but the law make them pay the child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-3284-Detroit-Top-News-Examiner~y2009m11d25-You-are-the-fatherBut-if-shes-married-under-Michigan-Law-youre-not By The Grio – New York 11/20/2009 "Should paternity tests become mandatory for all newborn babies? A state legislator in Tennessee thinks so." Read the entire article: http://www.thegrio.com/2009/11/-should-paternity-tests-become.php By London Evening Standard – United Kingdom 11/24/2009 "...Mr Patel said: "We treat this with the same level of seriousness as selling medicine. When people come in we explain what the kit is about and explain that it has to be signed by the legal guardian of the child before testing. There is more control here than there is on the internet. All our pharmacists are trained in how to use the kit. "Nobody would use it if there were not already arguments within the family. This is very useful for peace of mind."..." Read the entire article: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773999-families-at-risk-as-chemists-sell-paternity-test-kits.do By Middletown Journal - Ohio 11/10/2009 "A dad who has refused to pay child support will spend the next five Father’s Days in jail." Read the entire article: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/crime/dad-sentenced-to-spend-fathers-days-in-jail-for-not-paying-support-393288.html By Laurie Tarkan -- New York Times 11/2/2009 "...As much as mothers want their partners to be involved with their children, experts say they often unintentionally discourage men from doing so. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/health/03dads.html?ex=1272949200&en=8822595cdac6b783&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=HL-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M122t-ROS-1109-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click By Gordon E. Finley Ph.D. (Letter to the Editor) New York Times 11/9/2009 "...Fathers indeed are different from mothers, and in no way deficient just because they are different. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/health/10lett-ALLINTHEFAMI_LETTERS.html?ref=science By People.com 11/9/2009 "...Johnston is seeking joint custody at the end of the month because the Palin family is allegedly making it difficult for him to see his son, he told The Insider. "It's not working. I'm done," he said. "It's going to have to go to court. They just finally pushed me over the edge."..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20318502,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By Washington Post 11/5/2009 "The National Organization for Women called on the Oakland Raiders to suspend coach Tom Cable while the team investigates allegations he has a history of violent behavior toward women." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/05/AR2009110503558.html
By Roland Warren -- Washington Times – District of Columbia 11/1/2009 "I recently had an opportunity to screen the new Miramax movie, "The Boys Are Back," which takes an honest look at the impact a father's presence and absence has on his children." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/01/warren-movie-examines-need-father/ By Urbanite Baltimore - Maryland "Joe Jones knows what it’s like to have a father—and to lose him. Jones spent the first nine years of his life living with his mother and father, who tag-teamed on childrearing while training to become a nurse and a teacher, respectively. “We lived in the projects in East Baltimore, [but] I didn’t even realize that we were kind of poor,” Jones says. “I was in this cone, you know, being protected and raised and nurtured by them.”..." Read the entire article: http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=78§ionID=4&articleID=1357 By Auckland stuff.co.nz – New Zealand "Teenage boys are learning a thing or two about fatherhood at Rosmini College. The year 12 students are taking part in a Plunket tots and toddlers course as part of their NCEA studies. Director of religious education Steve Mills says it is just as important for boys to learn about parenting as it is for girls. They need to know it is a team effort to raise a child." Read the entire article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/3011320/Boys-get-a-close-look-at-fatherhood/ By Telegraph.co.uk 10/28/2009 "Only council-vetted "play rangers" are now allowed to monitor youngsters in two adventure areas in Watford while parents must watch from outside a perimeter fence." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6453268/Council-bans-parents-from-play-areas.html By Gulf Coast Newspapers - Alabama 10/24/2009 "Being a father is tough work. You are responsible for part of the development of a human being, and there’s no instruction manual for being a dad. So, it’s no wonder that some fathers need a few pointers. That’s what the “County Fatherhood Initiative” program is for." Read the entire article: http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2009/10/24/local_news/doc4ae06828dfb07893485258.txt By Troy Messenger - Alabama 10/27/2009 "...This year, 36 men have participated in the fatherhood program and some of them continue in the program after the required time." Read the entire article: http://www.troymessenger.com/news/2009/oct/28/local-agencies-receive-state-grants/ By Lloyd B Smith -- Jamaica Observer 10/27/2009 "I was startled by a recent revelation on a popular talk show by a social worker that one out of three children in a man-and-woman union in this country, be it common-law or otherwise, is likely to be a "jacket". In other words, one child was not fathered by the man with whose surname the child was registered or perhaps even christened in!" Read the entire article: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20091026T190000-0500_162599_OBS_PATERNITY_ISSUES_.asp By Roanoke Times - Virginia 10/22/2009 "Total Action Against Poverty's fatherhood program is an initiative to keep fathers in the lives of their children." Read the entire article: http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/223410 By People.com "As their parents continue to make tabloid headlines – Jon faces contempt charges for taking money out of a joint account, while Kate has just lost the reality show franchise that made her famous – the eight children of Jon and Kate Gosselin are starting to feel the effects of all the stress." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20313706,00.html By People.com 10/19/2009 "Forget clubbing or fronting Good Charlotte – the most fun thing in Joel Madden's life right now is being a dad. "I love kids, I love working with kids, I love being around kids," he said at the Noble Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20313629,00.html By FoxNews.com 10/15/2009 "Australian research finds that men who regularly smoke pot are more likely to suffer sexual problems than men who don't, the Australian Associated Press reported Thursday." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,566746,00.html By Patrick Welsh --Washington Post 10/18/2009 "...In a moment of exasperation last spring, I asked that question to a virtually all-black class of 12th-graders who had done horribly on a test I had just given. A kid who seldom came to class -- and was constantly distracting other students when he did -- shot back: "It's because they have fathers who kick their butts and make them study."..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503477.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 By MSNBC.com 8/13/2009 "It was the last way John Bernard would have wanted his voice to gain prominence in the national debate over the war in Afghanistan." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33296515/ns/us_news-military/from/ET By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Mens News Daily 10/6/2009 "The Reverend Julius Scruggs was recently elected president of the National Baptist Convention, a largely African-American organizations that claims 7.5 million members. So it was interesting to read Rev. Scruggs' thoughts on the importance of fathers and families to the wellbeing of his parishoners and members of the National Baptist Convention." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/10/06/president-of-national-baptist-convention-misses-mark-on-connecting-children-and-fathers/ By NBC Philadelphia 10/7/2009 "...A family photo that shows a little girl beside her father and his fellow soldiers in uniform as they prepare to go to war has resonated well beyond the tight knit Bennethum clan. Four-year-old Paige Bennethum really, really didn't want her daddy to go to Iraq. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Little-Soldier-Girl-Didnt-Want-to-Let-Go-63629627.html?yhp=1 By Carroll County Times - Maryland 10/3/2009 " In the quest to strengthen marriages in Carroll County, the Marriage Resource Center has turned its attention to fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/10/03/news/local_news/6_resource_center_fatherhood.txt By San Jose Mercury News - California 10/5/2009 "A second mistrial was declared Monday in the case of a former airline baggage handler accused of murdering his 4-year-old daughter by throwing her off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean. ...Prosecutors said Brown killed his daughter because he didn't want to pay about $1,000 in monthly child support. Harris argued the girl slipped and fell 120 feet from Inspiration Point into the Pacific Ocean. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13492197?nclick_check=1# By DesMoinesRegister.com - Iowa 9/30/2009 "...A recent study by the National Principals Association said that 71 percent of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. I would guess that our local numbers are similar. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090930/OPINION04/909300342/-1/NEWS04 By KTLA.com 9/29/2009 "It appears the nasty divorce battle between Kate and Jon Gosselin has taken its toll on the couple's popular reality television show. In a stunning announcement made Tuesday, officials at TLC said Jon has been officially booted from the show and the series will continue on without the father of eight. The show will now be called "Kate Plus 8," the network said." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-gosselin-split,0,3733457.story
By CNN.com 9/30/2009 "The case of a Tennessee man jailed in Japan for trying to snatch back his children from his estranged wife is not as clear-cut as it's been made out to be, authorities here said Wednesday." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/japan.savoie.children/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn By CNN.com 9/29/2009 "Kate plus eight minus Jon equals TLC. The breakup of Jon and Kate Gosselin's marriage this year changed the composition of the reality show's November relaunch, the network announced Tuesday." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/29/jon.gosselin.dropped/index.html By Redding.com 9/28/2009 "...First 5 - relatively flush in a year of budget cuts thanks to a guaranteed stream of cigarette taxes - will pay the salary of a county probation officer who will specifically focus on young fathers. Those 18- to 25-year-old men in turn will be sent, as a term of their probation, to parenting classes that will teach them how to do better by their children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.redding.com/news/2009/sep/28/first-5-county-join-forces-for-fatherhood/ By Pete Billing -- Mens News Daily 9/27/2009 "It’s not easy being a father nowadays, as you can tell from the question in the heading. Canadian researchers and authors Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young have written about the persistant anti-male bias in the media, in their two books Spreading Misandry and Legalizing Misandry (you can read a short summary of their work on Wikipedia)." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/09/27/is-there-anything-good-about-fathers/ By Concord Monitor – New Hampshire 9/29/2009 "...Similar changes will be needed to bring about the kind of change championed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan at a "Conversation on Fatherhood" forum in Manchester last week. Duncan and others involved with the initiative kicked off by President Obama in June are doing a good job of stressing the need for fathers to be involved in their kids' education. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090929/OPINION/909290306 By YahooNews 9/27/2009 "A home-improvement worker and school janitor who apparently was struggling to survive the recession killed his sleeping wife and two children before turning the 12-gauge shotgun on himself, Maryland State Police said Saturday." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap_on_re_us/us_maryland_bodies_found By People 9/25/2009 "Now engaged to Canadian real estate agent Kyla Weber, Vaughn, 39, said he wants to start a family and settle down." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/25/vince.vaughn.kids/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
By GroundReport – USA 9/23/2009 "Having children is supposed to be one of the most special moments in the life of a man, but few realize the impact of children on how a father's existence will be altered forever. To some men, the prospect of children is a long anticipated event that has finally come to fruition. To others, the thought of being saddled with the responsibility of fatherhood is not an attractive proposition, one that is to be avoided at all cost." Read the entire article: http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Parenthood-Issues-How-Fatherhood-Changes-A-Man/2908095 By E-Online 9/24/2009 "The Gossip Girl mom has been granted a temporary restraining order against the father of her two children, Daniel Giersch, after, among other things, accusing him of intimidating and threatening her nanny, being entirely unflexible with his scheduled custody visits and stressing her out so much she's having a hard time breastfeeding." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b146019_kelly_rutherford_restrains_ex_baiting.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories By SeacoastOnline.com – New Hampshire 9/21/2009 "Education Secretary Arne Duncan is visiting New Hampshire to conduct a forum promoting responsible fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090921-NEWS-909219983 By WKYC-TV - Ohio 9/16/2009 "Cuyahoga County is receiving recognition for involving fathers in its Universal Pre-Kindergarten program. The "Involving Fathers In Partnership" project encourages fathers and male role models to become involved in their child's preschool experience." Read the entire article: http://www.wkyc.com/news/education/education_article.aspx?storyid=121645&catid=35 By Reuters -- Press Release 9/17/2009 "...The Fatherhood Initiative of the YMCA of Greater Des Moines is a program designed to help strengthen parental skills and involvement of men who have been living apart from their children and/or involved in court child support cases. The Fatherhood Initiative is based on the premise that the lives of children, families and the community as a whole improve when fathers and mothers share responsibility for their children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS148021+17-Sep-2009+PRN20090917 By Corpus Christi Caller Times - Texas 9/19/2009 "...More than 100 men of all ages gathered at the school recently to organize this year’s Watch DOGS, or Dads of Great Students, program. Club Estates, Mireles and Windsor Park elementary schools also have started similar programs aimed at increasing father involvement in schools in the Corpus Christi Independent School District. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.caller.com/news/2009/sep/19/turning-dads-into-heroes/
By Atlanta Journal Constitution - Georgia 9/19/2009 "One man was killed and another critically injured Friday following a shooting in Haralson County on Friday, about an hour west of Atlanta. The incident apparently began when a woman and her husband stopped by the Buchanan home of her ex-husband to pick up a child support payment, said Deputy Jim Beck." Read the entire article: http://www.ajc.com/news/one-killed-one-critical-141797.html By Sarah Chacko -- Advocate Capitol News Bureau 9/16/2009 "The first meeting of a committee focused on family issues in Louisiana, such as fatherhood, drew only one of its five members Tuesday." Read the entire article: http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/59415882.html By ScienceDaily.com 9/9/2009 " Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according to new research from North Carolina State University." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090908124628.htm By The Age - Australia 9/6/2009 "THE cluster of fathers gathered around a barbecue at midday draws a few odd looks in a playground full of mothers and small children. But these stay-at-home dads are used to that." Read the entire article: http://www.theage.com.au/national/dads-still-a-rare-sight-at-playgroup-20090905-fc54.html By This is London 9/8/2009 "When Gary Crutchley started taking pictures of his children playing on an inflatable slide he thought they would be happy reminders of a family day out. But the innocent snaps of seven-year-old Cory, and Miles, five, led to him being called a ‘pervert’. The woman running the slide at Wolverhampton Show asked him what he was doing and other families waiting in the queue demanded that he stop. One even accused him of photographing youngsters to put the pictures on the internet. Mr Crutchley, 39, who had taken pictures only of his own children, was so enraged that he found two policemen who confirmed he had done nothing wrong." Read the entire article: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23516542-details/Father-of-three+branded+a+'pervert'+-+for+photographing+his+own+children+in+public+park/article.do
By People.com 9/5/2009 "While Kim Kardashian plans sister Kourtney's baby shower, the Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami star's boyfriend, Scott Disick, had his own daddy-to-be celebration of sorts this week in Miami during an evening of dining and clubbing Kourtney jokingly dubs a "man-shower." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20302827,00.html By Yahoo News 8/22/2009 "Robin Williams stars in a movie called "World's Greatest Dad," but as a real life father of three grown kids the Oscar winner said he had to overcome dark times and was still a work-in-progress." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090822/en_nm/us_williams_1 By Indianapolis Star – Indiana 8/23/2009 "...Sen. Evan Bayh's Responsible Fatherhood Act was recently reintroduced in the U.S. Congress. Legislation like this is a step in the direction that will aid the well-being of children. Bayh's findings in the act include: "There is an irrefutable body of evidence demonstrating that father absence is a major contributor to such troubling societal trends as increased teen pregnancy, teen violence, educational under-performance, and drug and alcohol abuse. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20090823/OPINION01/908230341/1002/OPINION/For+kids++sake++don+t+discourage+dad+s+involvement By ScienceDaily.com 8/12/2009 "When it comes to how they raise their children, mothers today tend to follow the same practices their own mothers did, according to a new study that looked at parenting practices across two generations. Fathers, on the other hand, don't seem to use their moms as parenting role models, at least for some practices." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810024827.htm By Chillicothe Gazette 8/6/2009 "Ross County Community Action and Ohio Commissions of Fatherhood recently worked together to conduct a program called the Fatherhood Initiative Program." Read the entire article: http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20090806/LIFESTYLE/908060318 By Calaveras Enterprise - California 8/11/2009 "...A workshop to explore the importance of fathers to the family dynamic will be held in San Andreas Aug. 20. Sponsored by First 5 Calaveras and the Prevent Child Abuse Council Calaveras “The Power of Involved Fathers – What Mothers and Fathers Need to Know About Fatherhood” will highlight a male's role in the development and success of children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/2009/08/11/news/news03_parents.txt By NPR - USA 8/11/2009 "Fatherhood. It's been an important part of President Obama's childhood narrative, growing up with an absent father. It was the cornerstone of a historic speech he delivered last year, assailing men who run away from their parenting responsibilities. And now it's a priority for the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership, with the launch of the national fatherhood tour last week." Read the entire article: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111770004&ps=cprs By Joshua Rhett Miller -- FoxNews 8/5/2009 "..."It sounds really crazy but I thought maybe there's someone out there who could help me out with a good name," Drummond told FOXNews.com. "I'm running out of names." Drummond — whose six children are 19, 16, 14, 3, 2 and 1 — said the proposal hasn't exactly struck friends and relatives as a savvy financial move. And her husband, Richard, a Navy sailor stationed in Virginia, doesn't even know about it yet. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537426,00.html . ..." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537426,00.html By Lisa Respers France -- CNN 8/5/2009 "The hit reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" returned to television Monday night with a scenario that many families in America can relate to: what happens when Mommy and Daddy separate. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/04/jon.kate.new.show/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By NBC Sports 7/31/2009 "...“It definitely puts things in better perspective. But still, it doesn’t lessen the blow when you lose a golf tournament or miss a cut," Tiger Woods says of fatherhood. ..." Read the entire article: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32209921/ By Lisa Respers France -- CNN 8/3/2009 "What a difference a few weeks can make. There was a time when fans of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" sympathized with Jon Gosselin, the seemingly beleaguered father of twins and sextuplets whose wife appeared to nag and belittle him before millions of viewers." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/03/jon.kate.return/index.html
By USA Today 7/31/2009 "The boyfriend of the Massachusettw woman accused of kidnapping a baby girl who had been cut from her slain mother's womb said he was convinced he was the infant's father, and was stunned when police moved in on the couple." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-07-31-baby-father_N.htm?csp=34 By Cathy Kelly -- San Jose Mercury News - California 7/31/2009 "The results of a large-scale parenting study conducted in Santa Cruz and three other California counties confirms the importance of involving fathers in parenting lessons and programs, and provides a template for doing so. The results of the study commissioned by the state Office of Child Abuse Prevention were to be released today." Read the entire article: http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_12957837?nclick_check=1 By The Saginaw News Editorial Board 7/12/2009 "...Obviously, our society is moving away from a marriage-minded model for child-rearing. ... Read the entire article: http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/07/saginaw_county_newborns_get_a.html By Tina Matherson -- CNN.com 7/20/2009 "From the outside, Johnny and Shanna Woodbury looked like the perfect couple. They had been married 13 years, owned multiple properties and were successful managers." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/20/bia.strong.black.marriage/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By FOX2now.com - St. Louis, Missouri "Senator Jeff Smith along with members of the Fathers Support Center announced the changes in front of the Civil Courts Building. The changes include letting judges dealing with child support cases assign non violent fathers to educational, vocational , or job training instead of giving them a felony and sending them to jail." Read the entire article: http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-fathers-rights-child-support-071909,0,7959908.story By FoxNews.com 7/8/2009 "Former Playboy model Shauna Sand cheated on ex-husband and soap opera star, Lorenzo Lamas, with his then-18-year-old son, A.J. Lamas, Star Magazine reports." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530805,00.html?mrp
By CNN.com 7/13/2009 " The family of a Somali-American man who died in Somalia have said they want to know who is responsible for recruiting him to join an al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgency." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/13/somalia.american.killed/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Father Dies Trying to Save Son From Irate Driver in Chuck E. Cheese Parking LotMonday, 20 July 2009
By FoxNews.com 7/13/2009 "A man walking his young son across a street was mowed down and killed by a driver who bashed into seven cars as he tore through a New York neighborhood, police said." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532041,00.html?mrp By Kristina Davis -- San Diego Union Triibune 7/16/2009 "...Von der Heyde said Rivera had been barraging her with text messages and e-mails asking her to reduce his $1,200-a-month child support. He was threatening to move back to Puerto Rico, she said. “I said to him, 'It's not me, it's the court order and based on what you earn,' ” Von der Heyde said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/16/1m16wife001248-wife-suspect-attack-2-sorry/?northcounty&zIndex=132823
By Laura Sessions Stepp -- Washington Post 7/5/2009 "Bobby Krotendorfer didn't expect to be a father at 19, or jobless at 20. But he's determined to be a loving dad and strong breadwinner. The first part comes easily. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602533.html By Connecticut Post Bridgeport, Connecticut 7/4/2009 "About 24 million American children are growing up with absent fathers, and the state of Connecticut and President Barrack Obama are working to reduce that number." Read the entire article: http://www.connpost.com/women/ci_12755903 By Leah Ward Sears -- CNN.com "After Tommy's sudden death, we found among my brother's personal effects a questionnaire he had completed in 2005 for a church class. The very first question was a fill-in-the-blank that went like this: "At the end of my life, I'd love to be able to look back and know I'd done something about ....." "Fathers," Tommy wrote. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/02/sears.family.divorce/index.html By Steve Helling -- People.com 7/9/2009 "...Woods, who missed much of the last golf season due to a knee injury, tells PEOPLE that he used the break to spend time more solid, quality with his then 1-year-old daughter, Sam. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20290355,00.html By People.com 7/5/2009 "Although divorce papers have been filed, Jon and Kate Gosselin have made good on their pledge to focus on their children, reuniting for a July 4 picnic with their eight kids." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20289486,00.html By MSNB.com 7/9/2009 "Jim Carrey is going to be a grandfather." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31836742/ns/entertainment-access_hollywood/ By Thom Patterson -- CNN 7/1/2009 "...Crying, Mark and Karmen Callaway and their daughter Anna Katheryn clutched the family's three soldier sons before the trio shipped off to serve in Afghanistan. Karmen wasn't thinking about how rare it is for three brothers to go off to war together. ..." Read the entire story: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/01/brothers.afghanistan.war/index.html?section=cnn_latest By Siobhan Connally and James V. Franco -- The Record 6/26/2009 "A court in California has ruled a woman who conceived a child with the frozen sperm of her husband three year’s after his death, is not entitled to survivors’ Social Security benefits for the now 10-year-old child because the girl wasn’t born within 300 days of the man’s death. Essentially, he isn’t her natural father." Read the entire article: http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/06/26/opinion/doc4a4432d73f7b8053227683.txt By Joseph P. Kahn Boston.com 6/27/2009 "...What caught my eye pre-Open, though, was a New York Times story on Tiger as father. He and his wife, Swedish supermodel Elin Nordegren, have two children, a 2-year-old daughter and 4-month-old son. There’s little doubt that since becoming a dad - Tiger’s close relationship with his late father, Earl, has been much chronicled - his priorities, if not his putting stroke, have changed dramatically. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/family/articles/2009/06/27/tiger_and_other_father_figures/ By Daniel Weaver -- The Examiner.com 6/21/2009 "Happy Father's Day to all fathers who love their children and are trying to make a difference in their lives. Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-14537-Albany-CPS-and-Family-Court-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Happy-Fathers-Day-to-all-fathers-even-those-wrongly-dubbed-deadbeat-dads By Richmond Times-Dispatch -- Letter to the Editor 6/24/2009 "Regarding Del. Bill Janis' recent Commentary column, "Success Requires Thousands of Fathers": Janis is correct about the importance of fathers, but more is needed than marriage education. Virginia's family law system incentivizes family breakup, fatherlessness, and marriage avoidance." Read the entire article: http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/letters/article/ED-GRIGNOLR24_20090623-180404/275810/ By U.S. News & World Report – USA 6/23/2009 "...Check out the Washington Post's interview with Focus President and CEO Jim Daly about his trip to the White House on Friday for Father's Day festivities. Daly's consistently kind words for President Obama are a revolution from James Dobson's decades-long reign at Focus. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/06/23/focus-on-the-family-president-gives-obama-high-marks.html By Suzanne Cassidy -- Lancaster Newspapers - Pennsylvania 6/21/2009 "...Today, fathers are expected to be more than just breadwinners. They are expected to be fully engaged in the lives of their children. And yet, when they lose their jobs, it is the loss of the role of provider that can leave fathers reeling. ...Men have been particularly hard-hit by this recession. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in May rose to 7.5 percent for women and to 9.8 percent for men." Read the entire article: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/239079 By Marin Independent-Journal - California 6/20/2009 "...Del Aguila only has a few days a week with his son, Hector, 6, from a previous marriage, but he said those precious hours - along with his responsibilities - came into focus from his involvement in a fatherhood support group through the nonprofit Canal Alliance. "If I didn't participate in this group, I don't know what would be up for my life," said Del Aguila, a painter, who has been with the program five years. "This group has helped me learn about what is good and bad. I have a good relationship with my son and my new wife."..." Read the entire article: http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_12653507?nclick_check=1 By Douglas v. Gibbs - Canada Free Press - Canada 6/24/2009 "The role of the father, in this day and age, has been downgraded to sperm donor and child support check writer. A woman seeking abortion could care less about a father’s right as a parent when she desires to snuff out the life of the child in an abortionist’s laboratory of death, but suddenly finds the importance of the father unequaled when it comes time for support - otherwise, he is a dead-beat dad." Read the entire article: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12277 By Tom Barton -- DesMoinesRegister.com - Iowa 6/19/2009 "Edwin Daye of Des Moines says he used to be a deadbeat dad. He's a former gang member who has been in and out of prison. He had little or no role in the upbringing of his two daughters. On Thursday, he was one of a handful of success stories heralded by the Polk County Fathers and Families Coalition at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines. The event was timed to tie in with Father's Day, which celebrates its 100th year Sunday." Read the entire article: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090619/NEWS/906190372/1001 By Los Angeles Times - California 6/21/2009 "...The journey of fatherhood provides unique and lasting joys. Cradling a baby in his arms, a father experiences the miracle of life and an unbreakable bond. Fathers imagine a world of possibilities awaiting their children and contemplate the privilege of helping them reach that expanse of opportunity. ..." Read the entire article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/06/obama-fathers-day-proclamation.html By 2TheAdvocate - Louisiana/Opinions 6/20/2009 "Father’s Day, which arrives Sunday, is a day to celebrate the emotional benefits of having a good father, but there are more tangible advantages that come from having a father actively engaged in your life. While that simple truth might seem too trite to note, we feel it’s worth highlighting in a culture that often seems to discount fatherhood as beside the point." Read the entire article: http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/48647442.html By Orangeburg Times Democrat – South Carolina/Opinion 6/21/2009 "OUR OPINION: Legal fatherhood important for dad’s role with children Fatherhood is about more than playing the male role in conception. It’s about more than being a visitor in a child’s life. Here’s a fact for fathers on this Father’s Day: In South Carolina, 49 percent of children are born to unmarried parents. With mother often being left as a single parent, too many children lack the influence of a father." Read the entire article: http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2009/06/21/opinion/doc4a3c23c0b4649148870569.txt By American Psychiatric Association "Being a father is an important factor in a man’s decision to seek help for mental health issues, according to a survey released today by the American Psychiatric Association." Read the entire article: http://www.healthyminds.org/Home-Page-Feature/Dads-and-Depression.aspx By ScienceDaily.com 6/13/2009 "While fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ability to become a dad later in life. Excessive laptop use tops this list of liabilities, according to one reproductive specialist at Loyola University Health System (LUHS)." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090612202347.htm By MSNBC.com 6/21/2009 ".... I finally discovered a sport I enjoy: golf. My dad has always been an avid player, but I ended up on the course by accident, when I promised to let him teach me the game. It was safer and more fun than talking about his new diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. ...The aggressiveness of the disease sent us all — my parents, my brother, my sister-in-law and me — down a dark rabbit hole to Cancerland, where worst-case scenarios beckoned like carnival barkers and grief and hope undulated like a Tilt-A-Whirl." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30984833/ns/health-cancer/
By HollandSentinel.com - Missouri 6/22/2009 "Livan Cordon laughed as he played ball with his son. He was enjoying father-son time. Cordon participated in classes from 24/7 Dad, a program aimed at fathers in the community. “They taught us to resolve our problems and to communicate,” said Cordon, 36, of Holland." Read the entire article: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x488806509/24-7-Dad-teaches-men-about-fatherhood By Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama 6/21/2009 "Authorities in Baldwin County are conducting a Father's Day weekend roundup of parents who owe child support to their children." Read the entire article: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090621/NEWS02/906210324/1009/NEWS02/Baldwin-County-targets-deadbeat-parents By Trevor Traina -- Huffington Post 6/21/2009 "....As a father of two I looked forward to celebrating my day today like other fathers. However, somehow the media did not get the memo. As I scanned all the papers, I thought less about Norman Rockwell than about Norman Bates. There were stories about President Obama admonishing fathers to shape up. There were stories about President Obama's own father being AWOL. There were firsthand accounts of fathers and sons who grew up absent each other. The only thing that was missing was anything about normal fathers doing what normal fathers do. What is it with the media?..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trevor-traina/why-is-the-press-down-on_b_218667.html Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trevor-traina/why-is-the-press-down-on_b_218667.html
By phillyBurbs.com - Pennsylvania 6/21/2009 "....But many single teen fathers are not only willing but eager to help their partner and child, one 2005 study found. The problem is no one shows them how, parenting experts say. Little teen pregnancy research has involved teen fathers. Prevention education focuses on girls, not boys. Few support services focus on teen fathers' needs, and life circumstances leave most unequipped to deal with the responsibility of parenthood. ...Teen dads, as a whole, are a misunderstood group, said psychologist Mark Kiselica, a Newtown Township resident who has studied and worked with teen fathers for 30 years. Studies show that less than one-third of teen fathers fit the stereotype as irresponsible and unwilling to help raise his child, said Kiselica, author of "When Boys Become Parents: Adolescent Fatherhood in America."..." Read the entire article: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/262/2009/june/21/the-misunderstood-fathers.html By People.com 6/23/2009 "...."We are putting after-school fitness and wellness programs into underserved communities nationwide, teaching physical fitness, nutrition education, with an emphasis on daily gratitude for how much or how little we have," McConaughey said of his foundation, j.k. livin. "And now that I'm blessed to be a father myself – I got one at home [Levi] who's 11 months and as you people know, we have another one in the oven, three months – this foundation and its cause means even more to me."..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286887,00.html By Austin American-Statesman - Texas 6/20/2009 "Anyone who doubts that fatherhood is changing should take a quick look at the research. Compared with previous generations, more dads are staying out of the work force to care for young children, more single fathers are living with their children and more are working evening or weekend shifts to provide daytime care for their young children. All that additional time with kids means men are more hands-on than their fathers were with them." Read the entire article: http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/2009/06/20/0620RaisingAustin.html By Michael Doherty and Herb Reichelt Bloomington Pantagraph - Illinois 6/22/2009 "....Their minimum standards for the parenting roles of separated fathers underwrites the value by which all fathers, married and separated, are measured. The de facto minimum parenting schedule used by Illinois courts remains “every other weekend” with a weekly non-overnight “visit.” This is what most divorcing fathers have to contend with. It is a minimal parenting schedule that is, according to a well-respected, national child development specialist, “child-unfriendly” and befitting of only “disinterested” fathers. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/06/24/opinion/viewpoint/doc4a3f9f8eabcc0468857210.txt "Fatherhood comes at different times and under different circumstances, but good dads have one thing in common: They spend time with their kids and pay attention to them. Here are four dads from disparate backgrounds who fill the bill. All have been honored by the Fathers and Families Center, an Indianapolis agency that teaches fatherhood skills to young dads."
By Paul Nathanson, Ottawa Citizen Special- 6/23/2009 "Last Fathers' Day, U.S. President Barack Obama, so eloquent on most occasions, chose not to celebrate good fathers but to rant about "deadbeat dads." David Warren hasn't repeated that mistake. His Saturday column, "In praise of patriarchs" is excellent (and not only because of his reference to the books that I have written with Katherine Young). In the hope his article will jump-start a public discussion of fatherhood, I offer the following comments." Read the entire article: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Fatherhood+thankless/1722738/story.html By YahooNews.com 6/19/2009 "After five decades of silence about what happened to his toddler son, farmer Jerry Damman was hopeful that a Michigan man's incredible claim to be the boy was true. But DNA results released Thursday disproved the possibility, closing a bizarre chapter in a long-cold case of the New York toddler who disappeared on Halloween in 1955. The tests showed John Barnes did not have the same mother as a sibling who was in a stroller at the time of the kidnapping. That meant there was no way he could possibly be the kidnapped child. Hundreds of miles north, the family members who raised Barnes in Michigan angrily rejected the suggestion he wasn't theirs. They said they'd even be willing to submit to tests to disprove his hunch that he wasn't their flesh and bone. "He pretty much lost two families today," said Cheryl Barnes, a sister who grew up with the man in northwest Michigan. "We knew that was going to be the outcome. ... My dad feels the same way. Neither of us had a doubt. My dad knows who his son is. I'm angry at my brother for putting everyone through this, turning everybody's lives upside down."..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_re_us/us50_years_missing By Mike Krumboltz -- Yahoo Buzz 6/19/2009 "Searchers have a question they'd like answered: Who started Fathers Day? Who do they have to thank for the mandatory bonding time they're spending with dear ol' dad this weekend? Lookups on "fathers's day origin" and "who started father's day" inspired us to investigate. The results of our research shook us to our very core. OK, maybe not to our core, exactly. But the story of how Father's Day came to be is still pretty interesting. A blog from a Detroit church explains that most historians credit a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd with creating the holiday. Ms. Smart Dodd was "inspired by her father, a widower and Civil War veteran named William Jackson Smart." She wanted to do something to honor his memory while paying respect to all fathers. Clearly she was a woman with a plan. Alas, not everybody agreed with her pleas to "give it up for the papas" (our words, not hers). In fact, Ms. Smart Dodd's proposal was often mocked when it first made the rounds. Folks felt it unnecessary. And the all-male United States Congress felt that having a holiday for fathers might look like they were trying to give themselves "a pat on the back." Additionally, many just plain didn't want the holiday. An article from Inspiration Line explains that, according to an article in The Spokesman-Review, "one group of men conventioneers laughed and said they didn't want a Father's Day. A National Fishing Day would be better, they told her."..." Read the entire article: http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92699 By Kate Simonson with Meghan Daum CNN.com 6/19/2009 "My dad was an electrician, and he died in an accident on the job when I was three. After his death, my mother had to raise us alone, and she was acutely aware that she was truly on her own, with no backup plan. She was fiercely strong and yet constantly fearful. I have almost no memories of my father. Instead I remember Mike Fieseler. He was a former industrial-arts teacher whom my mother dated off and on for much of my childhood. Jason and I weren't his biggest fans. He was a man of strict rules, while my mom's approach could be more properly deemed overindulgent leniency. ....Then, on February 18, 1991, when I was 17, my mother suddenly died of a brain aneurysm. One minute she was laughing with friends, enjoying an evening out; the next, she was unconscious on the floor. She never woke up. Just 19 hours later, she was dead, leaving my 15-year-old brother and me orphans. ...Generally, when children are orphaned, a family member comes forward to take them in. This didn't happen in our case. Everyone had a good reason, I suppose. My mom's father was too old to assume responsibility for us; my mother's sister and her husband had three kids of their own and weren't able to take in any others; her other two siblings were both single and worked long hours. The guardian named in my mother's will was a babysitter that none of us had seen in 15 years. But I can tell you this: Abandonment, even for very good reasons, feels awful. It was heartbreaking and terrifying to have lost the person we loved most and then to be set adrift." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/06/19/rs.mom.died.boyfriend.adopts/index.html By Gabriella Boston -- Washington Times 6/21/2009 "Today's dads are more cuddly with their children than the generation before them. At least that's what dads are self-reporting in a new survey from Lever 2000, part of its Making Every Touch Count campaign. According to the survey, up to 84 percent of dads surveyed say they show more physical affection to their own children than their parents did with them. The results are not surprising to Michael J. Diamond, a Los Angeles psychologist and author of "My Father Before Me: How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other Throughout Their Lives." "Our notion of what constitutes masculinity is changing," Mr. Diamond said. Traditionally, hard (as in authoritarian) meant masculine, and soft (as in kind) meant feminine. But these qualities are not masculine or feminine per se, he says. They - and other qualities, including affection and intelligence - are just plain human, said Mr. Diamond." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/modern-dads-get-cuddly-with-kids/?feat=home_headlines By Jennifer Harper -- Washington Times 6/21/2009 "Father's Day offers something even querulous Republicans and Democrats can agree on. TV dads. Both parties said that their favorite TV dad is Cliff Huxtable of "The Cosby Show," according to a Harris Poll of 2,681 adults conducted May 11 and 18. Well, that's something, anyway. Congratulations. Coming in at second place for Republicans is Ward Cleaver of "Leave it to Beaver." And the runner-up for Democrats is Jim Anderson of "Father Knows Best." The Harris pollsters, however, noted that the nation appears to be soaking itself in warm nostalgia — oldies but goodies dominated the roster of dads, which included Ozzie Nelson of, well, Ozzie Nelson fame, and Andy Taylor of Mayberry RFD. "Of the top 15 television dads, seven of them are from shows from the 1950s or 1960s and 2 were set in the 1950s or earlier. Maybe it is the economic crisis or just a desire for the days of old, but it seems when picking their favorites, Americans are looking back to simpler times and maybe even happier times."..." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/inside-politics-weekend-papa-palooza/ By Karen Goldberg Goff -- Washington Times 6/21/2009 "Before leaving for a six-month deployment, John Lenhen, a Navy chief quartermaster, left nearly 40 videos of himself reading his childrens' favorite stories. "You have to set things up in advance," says Mr. Lenhen, the Norfolk father of a 9-year-old and 6-year-old triplets. Mr. Lenhen, 33, has had four deployments in 11 years and recently was awarded the National Fatherhood Initiative's (NFI) annual Military Fatherhood Award. "If you don't put the right things in motion, you will be coming back to complete and total strangers," Mr. Lenhen says. "Unless you are proactive, it is hard to stay in touch with your family." Some 1.9 million members of the military have been deployed since 2001, according to U.S. Department of Defense statistics. More than 876,000 of those service members are parents, and 245,000 have been away twice. While there are many resources, such as military family readiness offices that prepare service members for the paperwork and logistics of being away from home, there are a growing number of resources to help with the emotional side of being a military parent. NFI is helping military branches establish programs to be a better dad, says Tim Redd, NFI's director of military programming." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/time-away-from-family-tough-on-deployed-dads/ By Julie Baumgardner --Washington Times 6/21/2009 "I recently ran into a friend I had not seen in a while. When I asked how life was treating her, she enthused, "We are finally empty-nesters. We are having so much fun! If everybody knew how good it was when the kids leave, nobody would get divorced!" It made me think about how many couples I know who have gotten caught up in the throes of children, career, etc. and ended up throwing in the towel on their marriage. The reality is marriage is hard work. Creating a lasting marriage takes skill, determination and chutzpah. Michele Weiner Davis, marriage therapist and author, has been observing relationships for years. She will be the first to tell you that marriages go through stages and predictable crises, but because people are unfamiliar with the normal hills and valleys of marriage, these predictable transitional periods often are misunderstood, causing overreactions. Ms. Weiner Davis says most marriages experience five stages." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/baumgardner-hard-work-pays-off-in-stage-five/ By Washington Times -- Editorial 6/21/2009 "The ideal father is hardworking, fun-loving, a good provider, understanding, wise, sometimes stern and, above all, inspiring. Yet a century ago, the popular image of the father was less radiant. Groucho Marx observed that in those days, there were many hymns to motherhood, but "nobody ever wrote any song about fathers. Father was the town schlemiel in almost every place." As the popular ditty of the time went -- "Everybody works but father and he sits around all day, "Feet in front of the fire - smoking his pipe of clay, "Mother takes in washing, so does sister Ann, "Everybody works at our house but for my old man." In 1906, Joseph Lehman, father of seven, was so driven to despair by his wife and kids singing this song that he jumped in the Des Moines River. As the popularity of Mother's Day grew, people naturally began to discuss a counterpart for dads. In 1908, the Baltimore Sun asked that families "recognize that father, with all his frailties and limitations, is a useful factor in civilization - and in the domestic economy." The Sun insisted that "the virtues of the fathers shall receive due recognition. They may eat onions, they may wear plain clothes, they may not know that more than one fork is desirable for a dinner course, but they are the salt of the earth. Lift our voices in behalf of this downtrodden creature." The Herald of Palestine, Texas, weighed in, noting that "for as little as you may see o him around the house, he is still in a limited way at least an important part of the family machinery. He goes along, plodding maybe, making the family income and paying the expenses, swearing that mother's hat is becoming when he knows he is a perjurer ... and giving Johnny the price of a new red necktie when he knows Johnny has no business wearing red. Yes, count old father in. He may not count in the social scale, but you would miss his regular income."..." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/hooray-for-dear-old-dad/?feat=home_editorials By Washington Times -- Editorial 6/21/2009 "Some kids will be surprising their fathers with breakfast in bed this weekend, while others will present a gift inscribed with the phrase, "world's best dad." Some men, though, will only be reminded of the heartache from losing the opportunity to become fathers. They are the third victims of abortion. ...Arthur B. Shostak, professor of sociology at Drexel University, is one of a team of academics who took a hard look at men and abortion over a 20-year period. Their findings shatter the common myth that men are more likely to abandon women who get pregnant rather than support them. Most men in the survey reported that ending a pregnancy was a mutual decision, and only 5 percent didn't support the abortion. However, nearly half of single and divorced men said they had suggested getting married and having the baby. As many as 1 in 6 men are never told about a pregnancy or an eventual abortion. Almost 50 percent of men don't show up at an abortion clinic to accompany the mother on the day of the procedure, according to Mr. Shostak and his team. While in some cases these fathers might fit the stereotype of the rogue who is abandoning the mother of his child, a large percentage opposed the abortion or were too distraught to come along. Mr. Shostak's study found that more than 1 in 4 men equated abortion to murder. A little over 80 percent surveyed said they had already begun thinking about the child that might have been born, with 29 percent saying they had been dreaming about the child "frequently." Fully 68 percent said men involved in abortions "did not have an easy time of it," and 47 percent worried about having disturbing thoughts afterward. Mr. Shostak reported that many men began to cry during his interviews." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/childless-on-fathers-day/
By Rebecca Nappi -- The Spokesman Review 6/20/2009 "Women fighting for women’s rights garnered the lioness’ share of media attention in the later decades of the 20th century. Yet in those same decades, dedicated men were educating society about the importance of fathers. On this Father’s Day weekend, here’s a look at the lives of two Northwest men who were pioneers in the so-called father’s movement. Both are still active in fatherhood issues." Read the entire article: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/fatherhood/ By Tom Sowa -- The Spokesman-Review 6/21/2009 "Bill Harrington made a quiet pilgrimage to Spokane, eager to celebrate the woman he calls the mother of Father’s Day. He left wondering if Spokane has a hard time recognizing its own place in history. Only a handful of people came to join Harrington’s two-part event, which started Saturday morning with remarks at the Spokane County Courthouse and ended with a wreath-laying at the west Spokane cemetery where Sonora Smart Dodd and her father are buried. The 62-year Harrington, a resident of Graham, Wash., near Puyallup, organized a celebration Saturday to mark the 100th Father’s Day. That initial Father’s Day occurred in downtown Spokane in 1910, the brainchild of Spokane resident Dodd. Dodd is credited with creating the day to recognize her own father’s role in raising six children and to give dads a day equal to Mother’s Day. ...“I was waiting for more than two months to see if anyone in Spokane was going to mark the day. When no one here was doing anything, I decided to go ahead,” he said. Both Harrington and another speaker, state Sen. James Kastama, D-Puyallup, said Father’s Day is the best time to call attention to what they say are inequities in legal and social services that tilt in favor of women and mothers in custody and divorce battles. “Fatherhood is important,” Harrington said. “More than half of all U.S. children 18 and under will not see their father on Father’s Day,” he added." Read the entire article: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/small-gathering-pays-tribute-first-fathers-day/ By Gene Deason -- Brownwood Bulletin 6/21/2009 "Being a good father can be difficult, even under the best circumstances. Imagine what it’s like for a father serving a sentence in a correctional facility like Brownwood’s T.R. Havins Unit. Thanks to the National Fatherhood Initiative’s “Inside Out Dad,” some fathers are learning practical and innovative ways to help overcome the physical and psychological challenges that incarcerated fathers face ��“ inside. Read the entire article: http://www.brownwoodbulletin.com/articles/2009/06/21/news/doc4a3dfea36fca0785772318.txt By TMCnet - Editorial USA 6/21/2009 "For a glimpse of what ails, tickle a keyboard. A Google search of the term "fatherhood" draws forth predictable players in the dad biz, the National Fatherhood Initiative and Fatherhood at About.com, the former offering statistics demonstrating the importance of fathers and the latter, "your one stop source for information about being a truly great dad." Ward Cleaver wouldn't have bothered clicking and needn't have. But that fictive papa is a caricature of an unsophisticated age. He has vanished and the hip are pleased. ....Among sensible people, the effects are not in dispute. Insensibility increasingly prevails. For the past half-century, America has been in a societal freefall. The country's divorce rate is the second highest in the world. That trend has coincided with other ills, such as spiraling crime, illegitimacy, drug use and inner city decay, all bemoaned by academic elites and their media minions but dismissed with sniffs when links are inferred to the devolution of the family and the systematic shedding of that dread thing called morals. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/06/21/4236193.htm By ABCNews 6/21/2009 "ABC News' Yunji de Nies reports: Michelle Obama has a special message this Father's Day: "celebrate responsible fatherhood and the men who've had the courage to step up." In a statement, the First Lady declares this 100th anniversary of Father's Day, "not just any day." She praised her own late-father as "our provider, our champion and our hero" and says the example Frasier Robinson, "the rock" of her family, laid out, "continues to guide me every day." She writes that while her husband, "didn't have my good fortune -- his father left when he was just two years old...he has always been determined to give our daughters what he never had, and he values being a good father more than any other accomplishment in his life."..." Read the entire article: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/michelle-obama-celebrate-the-men-whove-had-the-courage-to-step-up.html By Helene Cooper -- New York Times -- 6/19/2009 "President Obama, in a rare devotion of a big block of his time to a symbolic cause, is spending much of Friday afternoon talking about Father’s Day, and the importance of mentors and father figures for young people from all walks of life. Mr. Obama began what White House officials are calling a “national conversation on responsible fatherhood and healthy families” with a series of events, including a stop at an Arlington, Virginia non-profit organization that provides technical and professional training for urban young adults. Then he was scheduled to head back to the White House for a Father’s Day event where he would host participating fathers and mentors to talk about the everyday stories of successful fathers. He has invited male students from local schools to hang out with him at the White House, along with Vice President Joseph Biden and other administration officials." Read the entire article: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/barack-obama-father-in-chief/?nl=pol&emc=pola2 By YahooNews.com 6/20/2009 "Barack Obama got a basketball, his first name and ambition from his father. Little else. The son gave back more than he received: a lifetime of ruminations about the man who abandoned the family, a memoir named "Dreams from My Father," and endless reflections on his own successes and shortcomings as a parent of Sasha, 8, and Malia, 10. As a candidate and now president, he's been telling men what sort of father they should be. It's become his Father's Day ritual. He's asking American men to be better fathers than his own." The president showcased fatherhood in a series of events and a magazine article in advance of Father's Day this Sunday. He said he came to understand the importance of fatherhood from its absence in his childhood homes — just as an estimated 24 million Americans today are growing up without a dad. Fathers run deep in the political culture as they do everywhere else, for better and worse. Michelle Obama has said many times how her late dad, Fraser, is her reference point and rock — she checks in with him, in her mind, routinely, and at important moments." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fatherhood
By Business Gazette - Maryland 6/18/2009 "Research has shown that when both parents are actively and positively involved in their children's lives, the children are more likely to lead healthy and productive lives. This Father's Day, we acknowledge the complementary and supportive roles fathers play in the lives of their children. Families come in all shapes and sizes: intact families, mothers serving as primary caregivers, fathers serving as primary caregivers. Whatever the situation, parenting is a team effort even more so when both parents are not in the home. ....Here at the Prince George's County Office of Child Support Enforcement, however, we see firsthand how hard so many parents try to support their children both financially and emotionally despite the challenging economic times we face today. In Prince George's County, over 60 percent of noncustodial parents consistently pay their child support. To that end, this Father's Day, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of this recognition, let's do away with the stereotype of "deadbeat" and applaud the dads who are "on beat." These dads invest time and attention to being a parent." Read the entire article: http://www.gazette.net/stories/06182009/prinlet154128_32527.shtml By Times Online – United Kingdom 6/18/2009 "The roles of men and women at home and at work are now changing so rapidly that they will share child-rearing duties equally in the near future, a new film argues. We look at the evolution of fatherhood and asks if guys are ready for it." Read the entire article: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6522170.ece
By ABC 13 Action News 6/19/2009 "On this Friday before Father's Day, President Barack Obama plans to spend much of his workday promoting the importance of being a good dad. The president will visit a nonprofit center that helps train young adults for professional careers, and host a town hall-style meeting on personal responsibility. He also has invited male students from local schools to the White House to have fun hanging with some famous faces. Obama spent much of his own life without a father around. His dad, Barack Obama Sr., left home in Hawaii when Obama was 2 years old and the future president saw his father just one time after that." Read the entire article: http://www.ktnv.com/global/story.asp?s=10560666 By Kimberlee Williams -- NJ.com 6/18/2009 "Since his divorce, Kevin Robinson talks to his kids more and he's more dedicated to being in their lives. But it wasn't always so amicable. "I went through a period where I was confused. I was separated from my children for about six months. I had to learn to deal with my ex." At 49, Robinson, is evolving, and he credits Newark Now's Comprehensive Center for Fathers for the changes he's made. Last year, Robinson was a part of the first class of 20 men that completed the center's fatherhood program in Newark. And in February the men from the first four classes marched in an official graduation ceremony." Read the entire article: http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/06/fatherhood_program_helps_men_g.html By Examiner.com 6/16/2009 "With all of the talk about deadbeat dads, absent fathers, and responsible fatherhood, you might be surprised to find out that the first Father's Day celebration was actually a daughter's attempt to recognize her father for all the sacrifices he had made as a single parent. William Smart was a Civil War veteran and widowed father of six children. His wife died giving birth to their sixth child so Mr. Smart was left to raise his children alone on a rural farm in Washington. While listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909, one of Mr. Smart's daughters, Sonora Dodd, decided that there should be a day to honor fathers. Since her father's birthday was in June, she held the first Father's Day celebration in June, 1910. Although the concept of Father's Day spread around the country, it would be many years before the holiday became official. In 1924, President Calvin Cooledge supported the idea but it was not until 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill declaring the third Sunday in June to be Father's Day. In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed the law making Father's Day permanent." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-5845-Single-Parenting-Examiner~y2009m6d16-What-is-Fathers-Day By People.com 6/19/2009 "President Barack Obama has written a heartfelt Father's Day message acknowledging his own shortcomings as a dad to daughters Malia, 10, Sasha, 8. "I know I have been an imperfect father. I know I have made mistakes," Obama admits in a letter to be published in this week's Parade magazine. "There were many days out on the campaign trail when I felt like my family was a million miles away," he writes, "and I knew I was missing moments of my daughters' lives that I'd never get back. It is a loss I will never fully accept."..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286116,00.html By YahooNews -- 6/16/2009 "Sean Penn is taking his Oscar and going home. The "Milk" star has dropped out of two high-profile films: "The Three Stooges" and the crime thriller "Cartel," taking an extended leave from Hollywood so that he can focus on family matters. Sources have said the absence could last up to a year. In May, Penn filed for a request to dismiss his legal separation case from wife Robin Wright Penn. It is the second time he has rescinded divorce proceedings." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090617/en_nm/us_penn_1 By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY 6/16/2009 "Today's fathers may well take parenting as seriously as their mates, but unlike many moms, dads don't view it as a competitive sport. Instead, the new attitude of 21st-century fatherhood is hands-on and involved, but with a hint of playfulness. "All of these social expectations have developed over decades about what moms are supposed to do. We don't have a new picture of what involved dads are supposed to look like," says Will Courtenay, a psychotherapist in Berkeley, Calif., who is on the advisory board of The Center for Men and Young Men at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Those who study fatherhood say today's dads are forging a new identity, as working women press for a more egalitarian home life, and telecommuting and workplace flexibility make it possible for dads to have more time with the kids. Also, dads today are no longer the stuffy or clueless fathers portrayed on TV." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-06-16-dad-fathers-parenting_N.htm
By Robert L. Smith -- The Plain Dealer - Cleveland.com - Ohio 6/16/2009 ..."The fifth annual summit, sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative, will examine and celebrate the role of fathers with a little more firepower this year. The summit expanded from two to four days with a new co-sponsor, the Ohio Commission on Fatherhood. It features speeches by prominent local dads, like Cleveland Indians general manager Mark Shapiro. And it's making room for familismo, whatever it may mean today. The county launched its fatherhood program in 2004 to address a crisis in the black community. About 70 percent of local black children are born to an unwed mother and most will grow up without a father in the home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Child development experts say children without dads active in their lives are more likely to live in poverty, drop out of school, commit crimes, become teen parents and perpetuate the cycle of poverty. As it sought to strengthen the black family, the fatherhood initiative quickly adapted to a growing audience. Single parenthood was rising across all segments of society. ..." Read the entire article: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/2009_ohio_fatherhood_summit_ai.html By YourHub.com - Colorado 6/15/2009 "As anyone whose dealt with a screaming toddler or rebellious teenager can attest, parenting can be tough. A program offered by Jefferson County offers support to fathers so they have the tools to be better parents. The Fatherhood Program at the Jefferson County Workforce Center's Child Support Services was started through a federal grant and is in its third year, said Ray Washington, program manager. The program helps fathers find employment by offering resume and interviewing skills and on-the-job training. In addition, a support group helps fathers become more engaged with their children, Washington said. "We address interacting with their kids, co-parenting, communication and how being engaged in their children's lives affects the children," he said." Read the entire article: http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Stories/News/About-Town/Story~626611.aspx By Red Bluff Daily News - California 6/12/2009 "The stereotype that fathers spend less time with their children is quickly becoming outdated. In fact, dads are more involved than ever in raising their children. More men stay at home to care for their kids, take paternity leave and share in household chores. In a study by the Pew Research Center last year, 56 percent of women said they thought dads were doing a better job than ever before. In recognition of Father's Day, June 21, First 5 Tehama offers the following tips to help dads be the best parents they can be." Read the entire article: http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_12577214 By Sabrina Broadbent The Guardian.co.uk – United Kingdom 6/13/2009 "Among my group of friends, I was an early casualty in the battle of love and family life. My children's father and I separated when we were 40 and they were still at primary school, a stage when not many of us were doing divorce. It caused a bit of a stir. Yet 10 years on, as we hit 50, a second wave of marital casualties is taking place. For once the clamour and chaos of family life receded, it seems that these parents found not peace but a sadness that would not go away. Was it worth staying together? Perhaps it's like this for every generation. Or maybe we are seeing the end of one kind of family life and the beginning of something better. For too long we have believed that marriage is good, divorce is bad. Two parents are better than one. Single mothers are a problem. But what if single parenting is more harmonious, more loving and more successful than the conventional model? What if two-parent families are a bit of a lie, a shop front for what is in effect single parenting? What if it's wiser not to wait for Mr Right, but to have a child on your own?" Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/13/family-divorce By Sissi Aguila -- FIU News - 6/15/2009 "Family roles have changed substantially since the 1950s. Mom now works outside the home. And dad is expected to be more involved in raising the kids. But as parental roles and responsibilities become less defined, psychologists question: Are there essential characteristics of fathering versus mothering? FIU’s Fatherhood Lab explores these issues and Psychology Professor Gordon Finley, who runs the lab, focuses specifically on how divorce impacts fathers and the development of their children. Finley has found that a father’s role is unique and far too often neglected by the family court system. Using questionnaires and a retrospective technique in which he asked 1,989 young adults to think back on their relationship with their fathers, Finley found that children of divorce really miss their fathers. According to Finley, they are denied a relationship with them because of present-day family law and court practices. “Divorce marginalizes or severs a father’s relationship with his child,” he says. “In reality, the father becomes a visitor in his or her life. He is no longer a father in the very literal sense.”..." Read the entire article: http://news.fiu.edu/?p=4372 By Geoff Williams -- Parenting.com 6/15/2009 "One Mother's Day, I bought my wife what she had wanted for years -- a weeping cherry tree -- and I threw in a bird bath, so that when the tree matures, our feathered friends can happily splash and drink under its loving protection. For Father's Day, my wife gave me some boxer shorts and a tiny reading light, so I can flip through a book in bed without disturbing her. My wife is the first to admit it: For her, and for many people, Father's Day is an afterthought, a holiday just a few steps above the one that celebrates the groundhog and that other one that promotes trees. If Mom's Day and Dad's Day were in a prize fight, we all know which holiday would wind up lying in the corner of the ring, knocked-out teeth on the mat, dazed head stuck in a bucket. I've been thinking about how our society recognizes parents because Father's Day is upon us again, but also because, a while ago, my worst nightmare happened: My wife had to have surgery." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/06/15/p.unfair.fathersday.afterthought/index.html By Yahoo News 6/12/2009 "U.S. pop star Madonna was allowed on Friday to adopt a second child from Malawai, though the father of the 4-year-old girl said he wants her back, a plea likely to stir fresh controversy for the singer. Malawi's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling in April which said Madonna could not adopt Mercy James because she was not a resident of the southern African country. Rights groups have accused the government of giving Madonna special treatment and said the case would encourage foreigners to think they can adopt Malawian children at will. Mercy's father said Madonna, one of the music industry's most successful singers, should not be allowed to adopt Mercy. "No one wants to listen to me, I have protested this all along ... I want my child back but I don't know what to do now," James Kabewa told Reuters by telephone from his poor township. "Madonna cannot take her away." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090612/en_nm/us_malawi_madonna_5
By The Week Magazine 6/11/2009 "....Plenty of guys say men aren't natural parents, said Ellie White in Britain's The Sun. In addition to Michael Lewis, who writes that fatherhood can be "boring and demoralizing," there's Ben George, editor of the literary journal Ecotone, who says men are only beginning to talk openly about the "dark moments of fatherhood." And Fox News broadcaster Steve Doocy, author of the forthcoming book Tales From the Dad Side: Misadventures in Fatherhood, says men aren't wired for parenting the way women are. Men are wired to be good parents, said Aaron Traister in Salon, but many struggle to overcome pressure from a society that still tells them they should be making money and not taking care of babies. The old gender roles started crumbling the moment our moms entered the workforce. Instead of clinging to the responsibilities men think we should have, we should "embrace the ones that are right in front of us," the ones wearing the droopy diapers." Read the entire article: http://www.theweek.com/article/index/97503/Are_men_bad_parents
By News Channel 8 – District of Columbia 6/10/2009 "From playing checkers to teaching his four kids to read or play catch, one active military father from Virginia does it all to stay involved in his children's lives. Chief Quartermaster John Lehnen pulls double-duty, balancing his navy career with his family, and is now being recognized for going above and beyond. Read the entire article: http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0609/630742.html By Examiner.com 6/11/2009 "On Sunday, June 21, people all over the world will commemorate Father’s Day, a day set aside to honor men who have sacrificed to raise offspring. But, I often wonder about how children that don’t have fathers really feel. In the twenty-first century with our modern-day ideologies about responsible parenting, a lot of men fail to “father” their children. Not unlike males in the animal kingdom, they “hit that,” and go on to the next victim of unbridled passion and unprotected sex. Many men may never know the woman has conceived; and sadly, some women couldn’t identify their baby’s daddy without a paternity test! Anonymous absentee dads have become more the norm than the exception, far removed from the Biblical genealogies that recorded who begot whom with accuracy and aplomb. While we honor those fathers that elected to honorably marry and rear children, my heart aches for children that don’t know their dads. That missing link can make the difference between a child that is self-assured and feels secure and one that fails to connect emotionally and spiritually to those that offer love. A mother or grandmother, uncle, cousin, or older brother can never replace a birth father’s love, given freely, self-sacrificially, and without reservation. Mothers are not meant to be both Mom and Dad." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-7327-Atlanta-Christianity-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Fathers-Day-a-challenge-to-absentee-fathers By Michael H. Venish -- The Real Truth - Ohio 6/5/2009 "Being a father is one of the most rewarding and exciting responsibilities a man could experience. Despite society’s reluctance to admit it, fathers undergird everything that is a family. Yet the very foundation of the family is under tremendous stress and trauma. In the last 45 years, the United States has become a world leader in fatherless families, followed by Britain and other nations. Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote in his report to the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential administration, “From the wild Irish slums of the 19th century Eastern seaboard, to the riot-torn suburbs of Los Angeles, there is one unmistakable lesson in American history: a community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future…that community asks for and gets chaos, crime, violence, unrest, disorder.”.." Read the entire article: http://www.realtruth.org/articles/090605-004-family.html By Ken Lee -- People.com 6/9/2009 "The ill will from a divorce and custody battle between Kelly Rutherford and her husband has now apparently reached into the hospital delivery room. The Gossip Girl star welcomed her second child, daughter Helena, on Monday, but the actress's estranged husband, German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch, tells PEOPLE he was never notified of the birth, and instead read about it in online reports, some unfavorable toward him. "Media reports claiming that I neglected to attend my daughter's birth are total lies and fabrication," Giersch says in a statement. "I was never informed by Kelly about the birth of our daughter, nor was I invited to attend. In fact, I found out about it through Internet reports like everyone else. Although this sickens me, I am of course overjoyed that our baby was born healthy. I would've wanted nothing more than to hold our newborn daughter for a few moments, and I only seek to coparent both our children." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284221,00.html By Rebecca Hagelin -- Special to the Washington Times 6/8/2009 "Recently I saw a MasterCard commercial in which a preteen son arrogantly "teaches" the father environmental lessons while grocery shopping. Right After the son shows Dad the silly Earth-preserving "importance" of buying a reusable grocery bag, the tag line appears: "Helping your dad become a better man? Priceless." Such subtle messages about the supremacy of children over their dads are now common. Turn on the television and watch just about any channel for one evening and a particularly disgusting pattern begins to emerge: The "dad" is often portrayed as wimpy, ignorant and doltish. Everyone is smarter and more mature than Dad is. Nearly everyone else is also more attractive and physically fit. You would think that all fathers have actually become Homer Simpson. The unmistakable message behind such carefully crafted ads and images is that dads are disposable - they don't really contribute much to the family other than being the brunt of jokes." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/08/reliable-dads-deserve-respect/ By Gail Rosenblum -- Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minnesota "...."We found that most of these couples are in romantic relationships and aspire to stay together," said project director Bill Doherty, Ph.D., professor in the U of M's Department of Family Social Science. The federally and state-funded "Minnesota Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative," was built upon the national Fragile Families Project, which Doherty said, "was a turning point in the way many of us think about unmarried, urban young couples with children. That project put to bed the notion that fathers don't give a rip and women don't know who the fathers are. "Still, the gap between aspirations and ability to carry out those aspirations is pretty high. We designed our project to fill that gap."...." Read the entire article: http://www.startribune.com/local/46321117.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUycaEacyU By Maggie Spain -- Cherry Creek News - Denver 5/28/2009 "Currently, 25 million American children are living apart from their fathers including two-thirds of African-American children. According to national research, children who grow up without fathers are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of school and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. Yet, as these grim statistics mount, a national trend is brewing to celebrate and encourage responsible fatherhood. This year on Father’s Day, groups across the country will hold symposiums, conferences and events to celebrate dad. In Denver, the Be There for Your Kids campaign will host the 2009 Colorado Fatherhood Rally on Saturday, June 20 in the Meadows at City Park. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., the Rally will include a fatherhood recognition program featuring Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, other notable fathers and the 2009 Be There for Your Kids Awards winners. The Colorado Rally will also include a message from a rally taking place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The host organization for this event, the National Partnership for Community Leadership, has challenged more than one million fathers, fatherhood organizations and supporters across the country to come together and celebrate and encourage responsible fatherhood. Speakers for the event will include Ed Gordon, broadcaster and founder of Daddy’s Promise, U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis and many more well- known fathers. President Barack Obama has also received an invitation to attend." Read the entire article: http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/4445/86/ By Blaine Harden -- Washington Post 6/2/2009 "North Korea's ailing leader has chosen his youngest son as heir to the family dynasty that rules the secretive state, South Korea's intelligence service told lawmakers in Seoul. Kim Jong Un, 26, who attended a Swiss boarding school and reportedly admires basketball great Michael Jordan, is the third son of Kim Jong Il, the "Dear Leader" who suffered a stroke last summer and who has since appeared thin and frail. He is the grandson of the late Kim Il Sung, the "Great Leader" and founding dictator of North Korea. If Kim Jong Un does become the new leader -- and there are analysts who doubt the decision is final -- this second consecutive father-to-son handoff would be unique among nations that call themselves communist. There was no indication, however, that Kim Jong Il would be handing over power anytime soon." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/01/AR2009060103750.html?referrer=emailarticle
By Brian Reisinger • Wausau Daily Herald • 5/23/2009 "...."One week we found out we were having a baby, and the next week, we found out we only had one income," Buksa, 40, said as his now 6-month-old daughter, Megan, peered about their living room in the Taylor County village of Rib Lake. Buksa is among a surging number of central Wisconsin residents, particularly men, who unexpectedly are becoming stay-at-home parents in the national recession. Their new role is a direct consequence of rising unemployment rates, which for March reached 12.1 percent in Wausau. Although men and women both have faced layoffs, industries that typically employ more men, such as housing and manufacturing, are struggling the most. The national unemployment rate among men was 10 percent in April, compared with 7.6 percent among women, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics. The rate for men has grown almost twice as rapidly as that of women since January. The recent growth in at-home fatherhood mirrors a larger social movement. With women taking on a larger role in the professional world in recent decades, experts say it's natural for more men to stay at home than in the past." Read the entire article: http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090523/WDH0101/905230655/1981
By People.com 5/26/2009 "Where do Jon and Kate Gosselin go from here? Even they don't entirely know, say the couple after the heartbreaking season premiere of their TLC show, Jon & Kate Plus Eight, drew a record-breaking audience of 9.8 million viewers. "As many couples do, we are navigating a very difficult time," the couple said in a statement. "Our current situation brings us together around the children and some times sets us apart. We keep our faith that we will make the right decisions for our family." In Monday's highly-anticipated season premiere, the Gosselins came together to throw a fifth birthday party for their sextuplets, but remained unsure about where they stand as a couple following difficulties in their marriage and media scrutiny." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20281079,00.html By L.L. Braiser - Detroit Free Press - Michigan 5/26/2009 "Ray, a journeyman electrician, unemployed and desperate, left Macomb County two weeks ago for work in Oklahoma. It meant leaving his two daughters, the subjects of an upcoming custody battle with his soon-to-be ex-wife. "I would never, ever have left my children," he said. "But I had no work. I looked for seven months and couldn't get a callback. I couldn't sleep at night ... With no work, I wasn't doing my children any good." Ray, who asked that his last name not be used to protect his daughters' privacy, is among hundreds of divorced and divorcing parents in Michigan looking to leave the state to find work. In some cases, they also are seeking a reduction in the amount of child support they pay. The requests, once rare, are now becoming commonplace as Michigan's economy continues to crumble. For those who stay in Michigan, child support often comes out of their unemployment checks; the amount of child support withheld from unemployment payments jumped 135% in the last year." Read the entire article: http://www.freep.com/article/20090526/NEWS03/905260360/A+divorced+parent+s+dilemma++Leave+kids+to+find+work By Beloit Daily News - Wisconsin 5/20/2009 "Several agency representatives from the Stateline Area were on hand in Madison recently when the Fatherhood Initiative was honored with the 12th Annual Governor's Excellence in Community Action Award. The award was presented during the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association annual meeting in Madison. The Stateline United Way provided $95,000 in start-up money for the pilot program in 2007. The funding was made possible because the annual Stateline United Way fundraising campaign had exceeded its goal. “We consider this to be a shared award and a program that would not have been possible without (Stateline United Way's) vision and leadership,” said Lisa Furseth, executive director of Community Action." Read the entire article: http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2009/05/20/news/local_news/news2007.txt By Beth Wheelock -- WCLO - Wisconsin 5/14/2009 "Community Action's Fatherhood Initiative program is earning accolades from the state. Program Coordinator Lamar Pulliam says in order to help the program participants become gainfully employed, they help get child support in order, fix relationships with the mothers, find transportation to jobs and help the men with their GEDs. Pulliam says through the program the men can start work without those issues on their back. The program won a "Governor's Excellence in Community Action" award this month." Read the entire article: http://wclo.com/news/2009/may/14/beloit-fatherhood-initiative-earns-state-honors/ By Wendy Koch -- USA TODAY 5/18/2009 ...."As parents struggle to raise children in a weak economy, a half-dozen large adoption agencies are reporting that more women with unplanned pregnancies are considering placing their babies for adoption rather than keeping them. Many of these women are in their 20s and already have at least one child, says Joan Jaeger of The Cradle, the Chicago-area agency that placed Joie. She says 30% more women are inquiring about placing a child for adoption than a year ago. "The economy has made them take a second look at adoption," says Scott Mars of American Adoptions, a private agency in Overland Park, Kan. In the past year, he's seen a 10% to 12% increase in women inquiring about placing a child for adoption and a 7% to 10% increase in actual placements, as strong demand for healthy infants continues to outstrip the supply. "We've seen a dramatic increase in girls calling us from the hospital," says Joseph Sica of Adoption By Shepherd Care, an agency in Hollywood, Fla. He says they expect to get help to raise their children, so they wait, but after they give birth and no help arrives, they call. He had 14 such adoptions in 2008, up from 11 in 2007 and four in 2006." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-18-mother_N.htm?csp=34
By Rob Stein and Donna St. George -- Washington Post 5/14/2009 "....The number of children being born out of wedlock has risen sharply in recent years, driven primarily by women in their 20s and 30s opting to have children without getting married. Nearly four out of every 10 births are now to unmarried women. "It's been a huge increase -- a dramatic increase," said Stephanie J. Ventura of the National Center for Health Statistics, which documented the shift in detail yesterday for the first time, based on an analysis of birth certificates nationwide. "It's quite striking." Although the report did not examine the reasons for the increase, Ventura and other experts cite a confluence of factors, including a lessening of the social stigma associated with unmarried motherhood, an increase in couples delaying or forgoing marriage, and growing numbers of financially independent women and older and single women deciding to have children on their own after delaying childbearing. "I think this is the tipping point," said Rosanna Hertz, a professor of sociology and women's studies at Wellesley College. "This is becoming increasingly the norm. The old adage that 'first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in the baby carriage' just no longer holds true.".." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/13/AR2009051301628.html By John Bingham --Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom 4/30/2009 "Couples who have children outside wedlock should be automatically married by the State to discourage them from splitting up, a key government adviser is proposing. Prof Julian Le Grand, the architect of a clutch of New Labour policies such as baby bonds, is calling for marriage to be the legal "default" setting for new parents. Without having to undergo a public ceremony or take any vows, they should simply be regarded as married in law as soon as the child's birth is registered, Prof Le Grand, Tony Blair's former Downing Street health adviser, said. Those who later decide to separate would have to go to court to seek a divorce in exactly the same way as a couple who had married formally in church or a register office. The London School of Economics professor, who is also chairman of Health England, argued that the idea would make family units more secure." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5250767/Couples-with-children-outside-wedlock-should-be-married-by-the-State.html By TONYAA WEATHERSBEE - The Florida Times-Union 5/11/2009 "As the school day ended recently at St. Clair Evans Academy, and the children began to file out the doors, one class was just beginning — a class for men. These men had learned their ABCs long ago; what they needed to learn on this day was the basics on being a father. No one had taught them that. At least not until Ronnie Cage came along. Cage, 47, has been supplying those lessons since 2003, when he became a parent educator with the Jacksonville Children’s Commission. He’s been continuing those lessons as a contract manager and program associate with the commission, as well as through his consulting company." Read the entire article: http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/1429175.html By San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA 5/5/2009 "With a centennial celebration of Father's Day coming next month, and a new president committed to supporting better parenting, liberals and conservatives alike say the political stars may be aligned for major progress in promoting responsible fatherhood. It's an issue that's been divisive in the past, even as research made clear that the estimated 24 million children growing up with absent fathers — a disproportionate number of them African-American — are at higher risk in regard to poverty, crime and other social problems. But the left-right divide over the government's role in solidifying such families appears to be narrowing at this stage of Barack Obama's presidency. "This is a watershed moment, to say the least," said Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative. "With President Obama — the first African-American husband and father in the White House — there's a unique opportunity here to draw attention to the issue." Numerous events are planned around Father's Day — ranging from policy symposiums to a National Rally for Responsible Fatherhood at the Lincoln Memorial. Obama, raised in the absence of his own father, has been invited to the rally and is expected to mark the day with an appeal for men to be more involved in their children's lives." Read the entire article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/05/national/a121659D71.DTL&type=health By Jovie Baclayon E-Online 5/2/2009 "...In an interview airing Monday on CBS' The Early Show, 15-year-old James Kambewa is once again voicing his opposition to Madonna's adoption bid for his 3-year-old daughter, Chifundo "Mercy" James. "I want to take care of her and I'm capable to take care of my baby," he says. "Mercy, she is a Malawian—so [I] need her to grow as a Malawian, as well with our culture." In the interview, Kambewa is wearing a necklace he made bearing his daughter’s name but says has never held or even met her in person. The little girl's birth mother died shortly after childbirth. Lucy Chekechiwa, Mercy’s maternal grandmother, says she, too, was initially opposed to the adoption but eventually gave in. “I did not want my granddaughter to be adopted,” she says, “but because they have been persistent enough, I have been forced to let my granddaughter go." On Monday, Team Madonna will make her appeal before Malawi's Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo. In April, a judge rejected the 50-year-old superstar's adoption request because she doesn't meet the minimum 18-month residency requirement." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b121905_bio-dad_madonna_dont_have_mercy.html
By Armstrong Williams -- Opinion,The CuttingEdgeNews.com 4/27/2009 "Recently that the Centers for Disease Control has estimated that nearly forty percent of U.S. births in 2007 occurred outside of wedlock. That number is overall for the nation. It is one thing when teenagers and members of lower socioeconomic classes fall prey to this phenomenon. But the reality of out-of-wedlock births at such a high rate across the social gamut suggests that the problem has spread much wider than ever could have been imagined. This alarming number of out-of-wedlock births across age and socioeconomic sectors signals nothing less than the wholesale disintegration of our American family. Welcome to the dawn of the age of the American Lust Child. Some would question why it matters. What does society care whether or not children are born to wedded mothers at all? After all if the parents are together but not married, or single but wealthy enough to support the child, then no big deal right? Wrong. There is more to raising children than just food, clothing and shelter. There is the quintessential non-material connection that two parents provide that cannot be quantified in dollars and cents, but are just as essential for that child to grow up and become a productive member of society." Read the entire article: http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=11279&pageid=16&pagename=Opinion By Terry Shelton -- Reunite Fatherhood Families - USA 4/29/2009 "..."Promoting responsible fatherhood…is one of the most important things we can do to reduce child poverty” Former Vice President Al Gore at the National Fatherhood Initiative’s National Summit on Fatherhood in June, 2000. Father absence and poverty are strongly related. Data shows that it’s more difficult to get fathers to provide financial support when they are not married to the mother and when they lack an emotional connection to their children. Children in father-absent homes are five times more likely to be poor. In 2002, 7.8 percent of children in married-couple families were living in poverty, compared to 38.4 percent of children in female-houseolder familes. 1 Fourty-five percent of unmarried mothers in large U.S. cities are poor and another 28% are “near poor”, with incomes 200% below the poverty line. 2..." Read the entire article: http://rffdads.org/index.php?s=Father+Absence+and+Poverty By Bob Unruh -- World Net Daily 4/28/2009 "Supporters of a plan to amend the U.S. Constitution to include parental rights are warning moms and dads across the United States they already are losing their rights to make decisions regarding their children's health, education, welfare, finances, sex education, access to abortion and even leisure time. "The erosion is upon us," said Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association, a college and a church and now a dedicated leader in the effort to change the U.S. Constitution through the amendment process to restore and protect parental rights." Read the entire article: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96022 By The Post-Standard/Opinion - Syracuse.com – New York 4/21/2009 "For years, research has shown that fathers who are involved in their children's lives have a strong and lasting impact. The children's lives are affected in many critical ways, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. Children with active fathers are more likely to grow up with healthy self-esteem, are better off financially and are less likely to drop out of school, get involved with crime or commit suicide. They are more likely to improve their test scores and develop good problem-solving skills. That is why a pilot program from the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance shows so much promise." Read the entire article: http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf?/base/opinion-3/1240320929217640.xml&coll=1 By Washington Times 4/22/2009 "A Baltimore college sophomore ate breakfast with her parents and sister, who had made the trip from their home in New York to see her. By the next day they were dead, victims of what police described Tuesday as an apparent murder-suicide. An employee found their bodies in a locked guest room at a hotel near Baltimore after they failed to check out on time Monday. Police haven't said exactly what happened in between or why, and stunned neighbors and friends said Tuesday that they saw no signs anything was amiss." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/22/a-baltimore-college-sophomore-ate-breakfast-with-h/ By The Hindu 4/19/2009 "The Supreme Court has ruled that custody of a minor can be given even to a maternal grandmother if the father, who is a natural guardian, is incapable of taking adequate care of the child. The apex court said though the law mandates that the father is the natural guardian of a child, the right at the same time is not absolute. "Ordinarily, under the Guardian and Wards Act, the natural guardians of the child have the right to the custody of the child, but that right is not absolute and the courts are expected to give paramount consideration to the welfare of the minor child," a bench of Justices Tarun Chatterjee and H L Dattu said. The apex court passed the ruling while granting custody of a minor girl Angha to her maternal grandmother Anjali Kapoor." Read the entire article: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200904191022.htm By Sharon Jayson -- USA TODAY -- 4/12/2009 "Marriage has turned into quite a quandary for many young adults. Should they or shouldn’t they? Can they escape divorce? Will moving in together forestall a breakup? ...Marriage has turned into quite a quandary for many young adults. Should they or shouldn’t they? Can they escape divorce? Will moving in together forestall a breakup?..." Read the entire article: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20090412/HUBBRIDES09/90311012 By Rusty Surette, NEWSOn6.com - Oklahoma 4/9/2009 "A well-known minister is facing a day in court for neglecting three children he's never met. Authorities said he owes nearly $75,000 in back child support, but this supposed deadbeat dad is actually the victim of a multi-state mix-up. Keith Burkhart has devoted his life to God, his family and his work as a Baptist minister. "I'm the father of 10 children. I married my high school sweetheart," Keith Burkhart said. The 50-year-old has worked as a family minister for more than a decade. His goal is to help other men find faith when it comes to family matters." Read the entire article: http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=10155005 By Great Dad - California "A community program that serves Anderson County in South Carolina has received a $25,000 grant from a national fatherhood organization in an effort to create more initiatives that teach fathers to be more engaged in the lives of their children. The grant comes from the National Fatherhood Initiative and will go towards the Fresh Start Community Development Corp to improve the home life and potentially reduce crime in the local area. According to Fresh Start, 93 percent of young criminal offenders in Anderson County did not have a father at home, the Independent Mail reports. It's the group's thinking that having a strong family could one day reduce the number of young adults embracing a life of crime." Read the entire article: http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/27/3651/south-carolina-program-encourages-fathers-to-use-parenting-skills.html By PRLog.Org (press release) - Texas "Claude Ohanesian, Managing Director of Wealth Management at Smith Barney has been elected President of the not-for-profit Fatherhood Educational Institute, http://www.fatherhood-edu.org. He replaces past President, Dr. Hilary Cheng, a dentist in private practice. Mr. Ohanesian has served 26 years with Smith Barney. He also sits on the board of directors and financial committee for Kobe College and has served on the guild board of the Chicago Botanic Garden and the board of trustees at the Armenian All Saints Church in Glenview. The Fatherhood Educational Institute was founded by prominent Fathers’ Rights Attorney Jeffery M. Leving to promote the positive involvement of fathers in the lives of their children in poverty stricken communities." Read the entire article: http://www.prlog.org/10213352-smith-barney-managing-director-elected-president-of-the-fatherhood-educational-institute.html By Associated Press 4/11/2009 "Nikolas Colton Evans had talked about how much he wanted to have a child, but the 21-year-old died after he was punched and hit his head on the ground in a fight. That would have been the end of it, if it weren't for his determined mother, a court order and a urologist. Missy Evans has harvested her dead son's sperm and hopes to find a surrogate and one day raise her son's child. It's a decision that ethicists say raises troubling questions; one called the potential offspring a "replacement child." Evans isn't concerned about what others might think. She says she is only doing what her son would have wanted. "He would love me so much for doing this," she said." Read the entire article: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090411/D97G8FD00.html
By CNN.com 4/8/2009 ""Had she been born a generation earlier, Kim Hoffman might have had a shotgun wedding. As it turned out, she and Steve Miller took the time to plan their dream nuptials -- outdoors, on an organic farm, and with their 10-month-old daughter in tow. A pre-marriage birth certainly wasn't what her father wanted for his only daughter, said Hoffman, of Oakland, California. But seven months into her relationship with Miller, the unplanned pregnancy simply changed life's course. "We would have headed down this path. The pregnancy just accelerated things," she said of the couple's cohabitation, the birth of Sadie and their 2005 wedding. "It was the way it was meant to be." Along with magazine-cover grabbers like Angelina Jolie and Bristol Palin, Hoffman, today a 39-year-old mother of three, is part of a now record-breaking trend of women who give birth outside of wedlock." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/04/08/out.of.wedlock.births/index.html?iref=t2test_livingwed
By Eloria Newell James - Laurel Leader Call - Missouri 4/3/2009 "The Department of Health and Human Services and the City of Laurel have joined other cities throughout the nation in declaring the month of April as Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Month. In a special ceremony Thursday, City of Laurel officials announce April as Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Month and urged all citizens and families to reflect on the importance of family in the communities. The National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc.(NCBM) and the DHHS’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) have established a memorandum of understanding which focuses on strengthening families through ACF’s Healthy Marriage/Responsible Fatherhood Initiative." Read the entire article: http://www.leadercall.com/local/local_story_093100649.html By Ida Brown Meridian Star - Missouri 4/2/2009 "An upcoming seminar will provide training for one of the most rewarding jobs a man can have: fatherhood. Read the entire article: http://www.meridianstar.com/local/local_story_093002448.html By MSNBC.com 3/16/2009 "Women nowadays are three times more likely than those born a century ago to do what men have done for millennia — follow their father's footsteps into his line of work, a newly announced study finds." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724379/ By Debi Boucher Stetson - Harwich Oracle - Massachusetts ""Paul,” a divorced father of four, thought he was doing pretty well in the parenting department until his daughter entered her teens and he realized that the parenting techniques that had worked with his three sons weren’t working with her. From his perspective, boys are easy to raise, but teenage girls are a whole different story." Read the entire article: http://www.wickedlocal.com/harwich/news/x403279465/These-fathers-know-best-Dads-group-helps-men-cope-with-parenting-challenges By Yahoo Sports 3/22/2009 ".....As Marcus Jordan and his teammates celebrated on the court after the final buzzer, Michael Jordan stood quietly, clapping his hands with tears in his eyes. ..." Read the entire article: http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1185&CID=926973 By FoxNews.com 3/22/2009 "Bruce Willis has tied the knot for the second time. The actor's publicity agency, Rogers & Cowan, says in a statement Sunday that the 54-year-old Willis married Emma Heming in a small, private ceremony at his home in Parrot Cay in the Turks & Caicos Islands." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510087,00.html
By CNN.com 3/23/2009 "Below is an excerpt from CNN commentator Jack Cafferty's new book, "Now or Never." Jack appears daily in "The Situation Room" on CNN from 4 to 7 p.m. ET. I never presumed to have any more answers about being a parent than anybody else. There are no perfect parents, perfect kids, perfect families -- only degrees of dysfunction. You get up in the morning and do the best you can. At the end of the day you say, "Okay, that wasn't so bad, let's try it again tomorrow." Some of my instincts were pretty good and some of them were awful. I did stay engaged and didn't say to hell with being a father when my first marriage ended. ...." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/03/cafferty.excerpt.2/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By MSNBC.com 3/9/2009 "Men may experience sperm mutation as they age, research indicates. Children of older fathers appear to perform less well in intelligence tests during infancy and childhood, a study by researchers in Australia shows." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29595513/ By Gillian Harris TimesOnline 3/22/2009 "....Three years after Susan died, her husband, Joe, and his new girlfriend announced they were moving from Glasgow to Liverpool. Jimmy and Margaret, who had given much of their time to caring for the children, were sad to see them go but agreed to visit and have the girls to stay. It wasn’t long before the arrangements began to unravel. Visits were cancelled on the flimiest of pretexts. Meetings that did take place were stressful and often cut short. Afterwards Jimmy and Margaret would drive back to Glasgow in tears, fearing that they were being pushed out of their grandchildren’s lives. “It was like losing Susan all over again,” says Margaret. “It was devastating to think we might lose touch with Nicola and Joanne, too. Our two sons would say, ‘You don’t have to put yourself through this’. But people don’t realise the bond that exists between grandparents and their grandchildren. There was no way we could let them go.”...." Read the entire article: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article5949849.ece By Mike Fleeman -- People.com -- 3/23/3009 "And the No. 1 thing to do in Montana: Get married! David Letterman, 61, told his talk show audience Monday that he married longtime girlfriend Regina Lasko, 48, before a justice of the peace March 19 in Choteau, Mont. Their 5-year-old son Harry was present at the ceremony. Letterman acknowledged he never thought he'd tie the knot. "I had avoided getting married pretty good for, like, 23 years," he said during the Late Show taping, "and I ... secretly felt that men who were married admired me, like I was the last of the real gunslingers." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267367,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer, Yahoo News – 3/19/2009 "Remember the baby boom? No, not the one after World War II. More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any other year in the nation's history — and a wedding band made increasingly little difference in the matter. The 4,317,119 births, reported by federal researchers Wednesday, topped a record first set in 1957 at the height of the baby boom. ....The birth rate rose slightly for women of all ages, and births to unwed mothers reached an all-time high of about 40 percent, continuing a trend that started years ago. More than three-quarters of these women were 20 or older. For a variety of reasons, it's become more acceptable for women to have babies without a husband, said Duke University's S. Philip Morgan, a leading fertility researcher." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_he_me/med_baby_boomlet
By Associated Press -- Yahoo News -- 3/16/2009 "The former fiance of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter says he hopes they can reconcile at some point. Levi Johnston told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin ended their engagement after deciding it would be better if they separated for a while. The two are the parents of an infant son, Tripp, born on Dec. 27. Johnston says the couple needed time to grow up before following through on marriage plans. Says 19-year-old Johnston, "I'd like to get back together with her. I don't know what she's thinking."" Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_re_us/people_bristol_palin
By KIM HORNER / The Dallas Morning News 3/10/2009 "More children are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in Texas than in any other state, according to a report released today. The study by the National Center on Family Homelessness in Newton Centre, Mass., ranks Texas at the bottom of a state-by-state report card on child homelessness. ..."We're not talking about deadbeat dads or moms who won't work," he said. "We're talking about people whose paycheck just won't go far enough to feed their family anymore."" Read the entire article: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-homelesskids_10met.ART.State.Edition1.4aa5401.html By Charlotte Triggs -- People.com 3/5/2009 ""Being a good father is very important to Tom – it's the most important thing," says the defensive end. "He wants to be involved with his child's life. It's not easy being away from your kids, so he's very excited to be with his son and spend as much time as he can with his son.".....That sentiment was also the driving force behind Taylor's controversial decision to turn down a one-year contract with the Washington Redskins – worth $8.5 million – to stay home with his wife and children. ...." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20262964,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By John D. Sutter CNN -- CNN.com 3/5/2009 "Jeffrey Root was running out of money working a fast-food job when he decided to seek a last-resort remedy to his financial woes: He quit the job and moved into his parents' basement with his wife. Root, a 26-year-old from Springville, Utah, says that was one of the best decisions he could have made. He sees his story as proof the economic crisis has an upside: It can help people ratchet down on needless spending and focus attention on things money can't buy. "Staying close to your family in times of need, that's the most important thing in the economic crisis," he said." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/05/bright.side.economy/index.html?iref=topnews By Sandra Chapman/Eyewitness News 2/25/9 "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and President Barack Obama are all Black Americans and historic fathers who impacted the world around them. As we celebrate Black History Month, we pay tribute to fatherhood by meeting some local fathers working to shape their own legacies at home and beyond. ...President Obama plans to re-introduce the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act to help support services for fathers and their families." Read the entire article: http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9904988&nav=9Tai By Steve Doughty -- MailOnline -- 2/17/09"Teachers have been instructed to tell teenage boys about the pleasures of early fatherhood. Government advice tells them to discuss 'parenting aims and aspirations' with the youngsters. Teenagers should be equipped with the necessary 'skills, knowledge and attitudes' to prepare them to bring up babies, said the Department of Health. Lessons should include 'the enjoyment of fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1147201/Teachers-tell-boys-joys-teen-fatherhood--government-advice-reveals.html By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY 2/18/9 "Marriage has turned into quite a quandary for many young adults. Should they or shouldn't they? Can they escape divorce? Will moving in together forestall a breakup? ....The average age at first marriage is now almost 26 for women and 28 for men. And a growing percentage of Americans aren't marrying at all: Provisional federal statistics released Tuesday report 7.1 marriages per 1,000 people in 2008, down from 10 per 1,000 in 1986. ....Faced with such numbers, the federal government is funding a $5 million national media campaign that launches this month, extolling the virtues of marriage for those ages 18 to 30." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-02-17-marriage-campaign_N.htm By Steve Doughty -- Daily Mail - UK 2/13/9 "Couples are less likely to get married than at any time in history, official figures showed yesterday. ...The landmark in the decline of marriage comes at a time of deepening concern over the impact on children of family break-up, step families and single parenthood." Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1143128/Marriage-time-low-church-weddings-halve-1980s.html Fewer than one in 50 single women now marry each year By KAY HYMOWITZ -- The Wall Street Journal 2/20/9 "Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, is now the mother of 14 children -- eight newborns and their six older brothers and sisters. ....But in all of this punditry one question goes missing: Where is Octodad? Surely Ms. Suleman's babies have a father. Yet his role in the baby-palooza is barely mentioned. Not that this should surprise anyone. ...Married fathers who don't step up and share the burdens of diapers and pediatrician appointments are condemned, in the words of one much-discussed book of essays, as "bastards on the couch." After all, the argument goes, a father is just as much a parent as a mother. Except when we decide he's not, as did Ms. Suleman and her medical enablers...." Read the entire article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123509636945029173.html by Joe Schatz, Fatherhood Examiner "I think many dads today, whether it is conscious or subconscious, have to face the pressures of role evolution. .......To say that dads have been under assault is an understatement. Single moms are revered in society almost to sainthood while single dads are questioned and often dismissed as being unable to handle the rigors of parenting children alone." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-300-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m2d4-Dads-in-the-21st-Century-An-Evolving-Institution?comments=true By Roger Friedman -- Fox News "You’d think after the chaos last year surrounding former Senator John Edwards’ personal life, his wife, Elizabeth, would not be looking for more publicity — or inviting questions." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,487144,00.html By CAROL JOHNSON -- Times-Mail - Indiana "BEDFORD — In his new job as coordinator of the Fathers Forever Coalition, Kenny Bundy says fatherhood doesn’t come down to good dads and bad dads." Read the entire article: http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2009/02/03/home.nw-666790.tms
Great Dad - California "Bill Cosby has been an outspoken advocate for strong and involved fatherhood for several years now. In a Martin Luther King Day speech in Peoria, Illinois..." Read the entire article: http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/358/3453/cosby-touts-power-of-fatherhood.html By Cheryl Wetzstein " About 10 years ago, when I started writing about the "marriage renaissance" in America — a phrase I first heard from Smart Marriages founder Diane Sollee — I heard curious comments about the state of marriage research." Read the Entire Article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/30/too-early-to-judge-programs/ By: Brandi Powell "Getting married, only to be away from your spouse for long periods of time isn't easy, as many soldiers know all too well. A recent Pentagon report shows divorces among military couples have increased." Read the Entire Article: http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=226387 BY: Anna Sale "Cosby speaks to legislature's Task Force on Fatherlessness. Bill Cosby brought his message of responsibility for fathers to the state Capitol. He spoke on Monday before the legislative Task Force on Fatherlessness. " Read the Entire Article: http://www.cpbn.org/article/bill-cosby-stresses-fathers039-responsibility-capitol By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY "Enlisted soldiers and Marines divorced their spouses at a higher rate in fiscal 2008 than at any other time in at least 16 years, according to Pentagon data released Tuesday." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-12-02-divorce_N.htm?csp=34&POE=click-refer
From The Times "Motherhood is thought to make women brighter, faster and more spatially aware. Now scientists believe that the birth of a baby also gives men a welcome boost."
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