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The Benefits Of Baby Massages

Why do baby massages really matter? I’m a Child and Family Health Nurse from Australia and I’ve been teaching parents baby massage for over 14 years. As a midwife I knew it was important but did…

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The Sweetest Photo You’ll See Today: Dad Wears Skirt

Nils Pickert lives in a small, traditionally religious town in Germany. He also has a five-year-old son who enjoys wearing dresses and skirts and painting his nails. Instead of discouraging his son fr…

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Single Dads: Not So Singularly Rare Anymore

While single mothers have been around ever since fathers have been walking out on families, it wasn’t until the early 90s that the television character Murphy Brown rattled some nerves (and morals) by…

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How I Stopped Hating Fathers

Ned Plimpton: Why didn't you ever try to contact me? Steve Zissou: Because I hate fathers, and I never wanted to be one. From 2004’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou I grew up in 1970s America;…

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Orphaned Tigers Cared for by Unlikely Savior

By David Mizejewski, Animal Planet Wildlifeextra.com is reporting a fascinating story about two tiger cubs in India that were orphaned last year. The mother tiger died of a blockage in her intest…

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Dads as Activists

Remember Mr. Mom? A top-ten box office hit of 1983, its studio-biz genre-label summed it up as "fish-out-of-water father." Imagine: Dad loses his job so Mom goes to work and he stays home to deal wit…

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Handmade Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Father's Day is just under a month away, so this is the ideal time to start planning a handmade one! Here are some DIY projects that would make perfect gifts for dad. Handmade gifts have more …

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Dads That Deliver, and Dads That Skip Out Altogether

I think it was around the time my wife was pregnant with our first child that I had this curious conversation with a good friend of mine. Twice a father (and a devoted one at that), this friend was ju…

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Daddy’s Home! Making Family Leave a Reality

Shortly before my son was born, my wife and I made a practical decision. This was one of many practical decisions we made at the time, but one that, while practical in nature, seemed almost radical to…

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An Open Letter To President Obama

First off, let me congratulate you on your win in November and your officially taking office today. By now you have no doubt been sworn in and the parties are in full swing. Having said that, I trul…

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