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more about #fatherhood more comments → sybann: I tear up at every single evidence of responsible loving fatherhood because I lost mine in 2004 and I've never met a better, sweeter, more ethical man... more » wooden_shoes: It's things like this that make me call my dad and tell him I love him. I honestly feel so blessed to have a father who was invested in my life, even... more » NefariousNewt: I'm married and have three kids, but I understand where Mike Adamick is coming from. more » toastandlove: Has anyone seen Obama's Hulu commercial concerning fatherhood? I find it rather offensive, honestly. He says, "Being a father is important - but it do... more » SarahMC: It's funny to see Don Draper sitting in his chair in the Mad Men ad right below this post. more » EkaterinaBallerina: On similar note, please check out this blog: [www.mattlogelin.com] He's not only a single dad, he's a widower. His wife died the day after their daugh... more » Thealogian: Steinem didn't write "The Feminine Mystique" that was Betty Freidan! Fact check before you blather on for multiple paragraphs, Imjustnotthatintoyou. more » Imjustnotthatintoyou: Okay. Please forgive me but I m going to try to word this the best way I can so that hopefully the comment doesn't get misconstrued. Alright, here goe... more » MIXED: What a great point, that we need the label of "feminism" and "women's lib" in order to be able to express a new idea, a new point of view, a new lifes... more » rednrowdy: On her relationship with her father: I've only in adult life come to realize how important that was, that I actually saw a nurturing male…Even t... more » kithkin: This interview ought to be played everywhere, the way Christmas music is from Halloween through December in supermarkets and drugstores, until it star... more » Flackette Goes Retro: I just sent the masculinity quote to my boyfriend, who is teaching a college course on constructions of masculinity this summer. I think it sums thing... more » ChuffedLittleMuffin: Granted I don't have the full context for the quote, but that comment about world peace irks me, though I'm rather easily irked. I wouldn't argue that... more » SarahMC: OK, here goes. I am dipping my toe into the commenting waters for the first time since yesterday. Phew. There are so many choice quotes here! more » Laulau: The putting the name to a thing is so freaking true. An odd analogy, but quite a few years back I was having these moments where I literally felt like... more » -
#makeroomfordaddy
Father's Day: Fatherhood Initiative Encourages Dads To Man Up
It's funny that on the same day I planned to write a little something on Obama's "Fatherhood Initiative," a tipster should send in the clip of a guy talking about his daughter that had 1,500 women in tears:
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#wordsofwisdom
Gloria Explains It All
Yesterday, Gloria Steinem gave her annual interview with radio station KUOW about the state of modern feminism. Some choice quotes, after the jump. More » -
#firstdads
Barack Obama And The Changing Face Of Fatherhood
In an excerpt of an essay in the upcoming issue of Parade magazine (full text available Sunday), Barack Obama talks about what it means to be a dad. More » -
#babiesonthebrain
New Research Says Having Kids Alters Men's Brains
In news that might surprise Michael Lewis, new research shows that having a baby may change men's brains to make them better dads and partners. More » -
#fatherknowsless
Michael Lewis Says Dads Suck At Chores, Emotional Attachment
Michael Lewis has just released Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood, in which he admits to not loving his children immediately, but this bad father to Ayelet Waldman's Bad Mother isn't getting nearly the flak she did.
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#daddyissues
Some Fathers Are Selfish & Proud
Two different stories about selfish dads seem sad and totally retro: More » -
#babyblues
Newsflash: Babies Are Complicated; Not Everybody Needs One
A spate of articles this weekend deal with the ways the modern cult of motherhood does a disservice to women — and men.
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#daddydaycare
Where Are The Men In The Octuplets Story?
New details about Nadya Suleman and her mother emerge every day, but now Suleman's father is speaking. The WSJ asks: what does the absence of men in this story say about how we view fatherhood? More » -
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#babieshavingbabies
13-Year-Old Dad Sells His Story As Courts Investigate DNA
Social services will pay for Alfie Patten to take a DNA test, and if the 13-year-old is the father of baby Maisie, he and his family could make a fortune selling their story. More » -
#clips
Jon Stewart And Son Don't Watch The View ... A Lot
Jon Stewart was on Late Night With Conan O'Brien last night discussing fatherhood, or, as the Daily Show host describes it, "a chance to ruin someone from scratch." More »
