All You Need to Know About Fatherhood on a Credit Card

British hospitals are now sending home a guide that promises to tell you “how to be a dad.” So how many men does it take to carry this thing out of the hospital?

Just one - the guide is the size of a credit card.

So what does that say, exactly? Feed it, clothe it, don’t drop it? Continue reading »

Famous OB Sends Dads Out of Delivery Room

One of the world’s best-known experts on obstetrics has announced he thinks Dads need to get out of the delivery room and leave the women to it.

Dr. Michel Odent is a French obstetrician who’s heavily involved in the orgasmic birth and home-birthing movements. Last year, he wrote a piece in the Daily Mail espousing his theories about why dad needs to stay “nearby” for the birth, but stay out of the delivery room.

Now he’s back, with plans to address the Royal College of Midwives in England next month, and he’ll be sharing the same story that got modern women riled last year: bid Daddy goodbye. Continue reading »

Raising the Expectations for Dads

One of the very many things that makes me happy I am living in this era versus the early 1960s (at least as presented on “Mad Men”) is that fathers are expected to take an active role in childcare — and the icky diaper-changing nose-wiping stuff, too, not just playing with your clean, bathed children for an hour before bedtime. I even can think of four stay-at-home dads I personally know without even having to strain my memory.

But the culture is pretty slow to change around us. This NPR essay by Richard Weissbourd talks about being relegated to the role of secondary parent, that his wife is pretty much expected to know all and take responsibility for all, while he’s treated like an adjunct.

Weissbourd points out, for example, that schools rarely send report cards to fathers after a divorce Continue reading »

Why Parenting Mags Ignore Dad

Hey Dad, want more representation on the pages of a parenting magazine? Time to open your wallet. And not necessarily in the magazine section.

It’s true most parenting magazines have mom-free names and try to insert a page or two “just for dad,” but the reason the overwhelming amount of content is geared toward the female persuasion has a lot less to do with the editors than it does the people who are paying to get the magazine out the door: the advertisers. Continue reading »

Saddest Little Girl in the US [PIC]

Did you ever have one of those days when you’re innocently wasting valuable work time spying on friends via Facebook and then a post hits you in the gut?

I blame my friend Sandy for this one - once you see it, you’ll blame her too. First, pull out the tissues. Continue reading »

Being a Better Dad: Yankees Invite Kids into the Clubhouse

The NY Yankees are known for winning World Series (the most in the league), but these days they’re vying for the best dads in baseball title.

And it’s all thanks to Manager Joe Girardi, a father of three himself. Continue reading »

Fatherhood in Six Words

Blogging for Charm City Moms, dad Joe Burris wants fathers to weigh in on parenting.

But he wants dads to keep it short. Like, six words short. Just boil the experience down to its essence.

Here’s what he came up with:

On most days, the six words that come to mind are the old Peace Corps motto: “The toughest job you’ll ever love.”

Often, at the end of a day, all I can think of is: “Time to go to bed, Sweetie.”

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Drunk Dad Makes Kid Pick Out a New Mom

A drunk dad took his seven-year-old out on the town to score some chicks. The boy’s job? To find a new mommy.

And when the women rebuffed him, the kid started crying on cue. Continue reading »

Dad Catches Foul Ball Without Dropping Kid or Spilling Drink

Now this guy has his priorities straight.

At the Phillies game last night, an Arizona Diamondbacks fan named Shane was in a great position to catch a foul ball hit into the stands by Carlos Ruiz. As the ball got closer, Shane stood up, left arm in the air, right arm cradling his kid (who himself impressively held on to a Pepsi the size of his torso). Continue reading »

Obama Wears Dad Jeans

I didn’t know there was a male equivalent to the mom jeans insult, but apparently there is. And who better to show them off than our president?

The folks at PopWatch took a look at President Obama throwing out the first pitch at the All-Star game this week and decided that the commander-in-chief was looking very dad like in his Levi’s. Continue reading »