Having been raised by a single mom, and having been a single mom for many years, I understand the time constraints and challenges that impose themselves upon parents, especially single parents. It often feels like we need to transform into super-parents, juggling...
Sleep deprivation and other struggles in the early years are real, and it doesn't take long before bleary-eyed parents of small children ask, "What's the magical age? WHEN does parenting get easier?" As exhausted as you might be right now, there's hope for parents at...
This resource has been made available as part of Dadditude's participation in American SPCC's Trusted Parenting Network and through research and writing by John Badalament of Fathering Together. Let’s face it, in the rough and tumble world of day-to-day...
Teens sometimes engage in behaviors that increase their risks of illness, injury, and early death. Engaging in sexual risk behaviors—such as having sex at an early age, having more than one sex partner, and not using condoms or other contraceptives—can lead to...
Depression in dads is, in fact, a relatively common phenomenon―affecting anywhere between 2% and 25% of them during their partner's pregnancy or in the first year postpartum. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), this rate can increase to 50% when...
Children like the moments when, in the process of learning about the world and discovering new things, they are accompanied by a parent. However, there are dads who do not know how to play, or they just do not have enough interesting ideas for spontaneous play. Many...
“I realize that you don’t know me and I’m only a face in a crowd of teenagers…Why don’t I have a father like you? You made me cry today when you talked about the relationship you have with your daughter and how you show her you love her. I never cry. You learn not to...
March 17, 2015 • By Blake Griffin Edwards, MSMFT, LMFT, Family Therapy Topic Expert Contributor www.goodtherapy.org The absence of fathers in the lives of their children is not uncommon. David Blankenhorn (1995), author...
Diana Zuckerman, PhD and Sarah Pedersen, National Center for Health Research In fairy tales the stepmother is the enemy, but father surrogates—a man who takes over the functions of the biological father—are often considered a great...