Manhood and Fatherhood: Being the hero for your kids
Unfortunately, I can remember a few years ago when athletes were notoriously stating in their interviews in the paper, on the radio, on television, etc, “I’m not a role model. I’m not any child’s role model.” Plenty of times I wanted to jump inside the radio and television and smack these players in the mouth. (Luckily the television, radio and newspaper print separated me from hitting and running since these athletes were quite a bit bigger than me. This incident would definitely be a hit and run. I would smack and run away… fast.) The point of this blog post is that John discusses a new book he started reading this month. His statement briefly discusses the opening sections of the book since he has only begun reading the book recently. John’s basic statement of the post is his connecting fatherhood with heroism. Check it out. It reminds fathers how influential we are daily to our children.
We Get it From Our Papa
Jose Vilson is definitely an introspective writer and he eloquently displays it in this piece. Jose writes about how we learn and obtain different characteristics–good and bad–from our fathers. It is definitely an appropriate piece for Valentine’s Day week. Men: Read this post, treat women right this week and do not go out and plant your seeds frivously.
Going Back to Work after Having a Baby
The gentlemen at Fathershood have written a very relatable post for most new dads, especially first time dads, returning to work after the birth of their child. Jason focuses on the moments surrounding the days following the birth and the days following your return to work. Check out the post and see how much you can relate to these events.
Labels
We all have origins tracing back to countries other than America. When and why do we choose to self-identify? How does self-identify affect our thoughts, views and thus how we interact with our children regarding the labels we choose and the labels society places on us? WARNING: The article is geared toward African-Americans and Black Americans, but everyone can learn (and comment) from this article.
Defining Beauty: Where’s Your Daddy?
The young Catholic women who write this blog have definitely brought up a good point in this post that no one else has discussed. At least no one that I am aware of. The argument is about the recent birth of octuplets to an unemployed, single mother of six children. Now the media and most writers have focused their attention on how a single mother of six children could give birth to octuplets in vitro. My, my, my. How could this be? Good question. A better question is, Where is the daddy? This question has not been raised before. Thank goodness these women have presented this side of the story.
Be My Valentine
A quick, short and funny post about the changes in Valentine’s Day marketing. Thanks for the laughter, Cynical Dad.
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Thanks a lot for the shout-out. More than ever, we need positive role models for students. Really.
You are welcome. Your story needs to be shared with as many people that will listen so there will be more role models.