I didn’t know Wil Smith. He attended Bowdoin College as a single dad with his young daughter after I had graduated. However, he was said to be one of the most inspirational figures, a great teacher and a truly amazing father. You can hear an interview he did with his daughter for Story Corp here.… Continue Reading
Fatherhood Stories
Bullies: A Dad’s Dilemma
Is there a benefit to the schoolyard bully in terms of our survival? Lately, I’ve been pondering this upon recently witnessing my seven-year-old son, Charlie, being pushed around in the playground after school.
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Filed Under: Fatherhood Stories, The Charlie Chronicles
Working Dads: The Hidden Heroes Of The New Fatherhood Movement
(This post was originally printed at The Huffington Post.) My bet is that the dads who are going to make or break involved fatherhood are: working dads. Why working dads? The media doesn’t hark much on them. They are not who we necessarily associate with the phrase “involved dad.” For all intents and purposes this… Continue Reading
Filed Under: Fatherhood Stories, Work/Family Balance
How To Build A Time Machine To Your Childhood
(This entry is also posted at The Huffington Post.) Have you noticed that as we get older we require larger amounts of stimulation to engage us? That what once excited us when we were young now doesn’t hold the same potency? Be it the sugar in our food, the coffee we guzzle, our hectic schedules… Continue Reading
A Dad’s Experience With A Doula
Yes, you’re reading this correctly. As a dad, I strongly encourage parents to have a doula present at the birth, especially if it’s in the hospital.… Continue Reading
Filed Under: Fatherhood Stories, Personal Stories
Why This Film Was Made
Below is an email sent to me from a son who had shared the film with his dad. After viewing it, this is what his father wrote to him. I hope you find this as touching and as meaningful as we did….… Continue Reading
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The Truth In Pictures
Have you ever looked at a photo taken long ago and now see it from a completely different perspective? I know I have. For the most part, pictures don’t lie. There’s always something subtle (or not so subtle) that speaks of the real truth at the very moment the shot was taken. That’s the real… Continue Reading
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Seeing In Color
We get a lot of very touching emails from people talking about fatherhood, but every so often one arrives that begs to be shared. Here is one such letter… Dear Dana: As you may have seen, my work as an environmental geologist takes me into a lot of distressed environments. Usually urban. I see the… Continue Reading
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The Story Behind a Picture
One of the final things we are doing with completing the project is to include as many photos of dads and their kids as we can into the film. What’s really cool about this process is not just discovering the photos themselves but oftentimes learning a little bit about what is going on with the… Continue Reading
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Tim’s Story
Sometimes when one is toiling on a project for 3+ years it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture. But then we receive emails from people who come to our site and feel the need to share their own personal stories and it puts things back in perspective once more. Such is… Continue Reading
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