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December 2013

December 20, 2013

How You Can Stop the Cycle of Fatherlessness

A ton of research shows that children from fatherless homes fare worse in life than...

December 06, 2013

Teaching Boys Courage

Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face uncertainty,...

November 2013

November 01, 2013

Where Can Parents go When They Need a Tuneup?

As a family and parenting advocate I get the pleasure of meeting a wide variety...

October 2013

October 04, 2013

Through a Daughter’s Tears

Better Dads and Vancouver Courageous Dad (CVD) partnered to host the 1st Annual Father-Daughter Conference...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Sex Education—Why Parents are the Best Teachers

With all the negative outcomes regarding promiscuous sexuality, it is especially important that our pre-teens...

June 21, 2013

Symbols of Glory–Why They Matter

All men have a yearning for greatness, for significance. We want to know we came...

June 14, 2013

Daddy’s Girl (part 2)

Part two of this article looks at the incredible potential fathers have to influence the...

March 2013

March 05, 2013

How Hunting Teaches Boys Compassion

Surprisingly, one activity that is very healthy in the emotional development of boys is hunting....

February 2013

February 26, 2013

4 Tips to Teach Kids Delayed Gratification

Today, with the challenges to our economy, it is imperative to teach your children the...

January 2013

January 01, 2013

The Kind of Person I Yearn to Be

As a new year dawns it is a perfect opportunity to have a fresh slate...

December 2012

December 04, 2012

Expectations Make the Man

Oftentimes the expectations we have for our children have a tendency to come to fruition. ...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Perpetuating the Cycle

Fatherless boys tend to follow in the footsteps modeled for them, perpetuating fatherlessness onto future...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Anti Bullying Resources

This month, I’ve been focusing on National Bullying Prevention Month. For me, this is a...

October 30, 2012

A Culture Without Vision Perishes

A blind man once asked a wise man, “Is there anything worse than losing your...

October 24, 2012

Why is National Bullying Prevention Month Important?

Every month of the year is some kind of an “awareness month.” In fact, for...

October 17, 2012

Can We Put an End to Bullying?

Have you ever thought how much better the world would be if we could get...

October 16, 2012

Porn Star Lipstick

While I was eating my cereal the other morning I was looking for something to...

October 03, 2012

October is Anti-Bullying Awareness Month

I turned 57 last month. I suppose I'm getting to the point of life where...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Teaching Girls to Weld in the Jungle

I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do....

September 17, 2012

Daughters Are Like Muscle Cars

My senior year in high school I bought my dream car; a metallic beer-bottle brown...

September 10, 2012

10 TIPS FOR DADS

Since we focused on moms last week, here are some tips for dads this week:...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Why Teach Boys to Work?

“Work ethic” is defined as the principle that hard work is intrinsically virtuous or worthy...

June 2012

June 24, 2012

The Day I Killed Myself

As grown men we should never underestimate the power of our past to dictate the...