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We hear a lot about football players who behave badly, so it's always nice to read about those that don't. Kurt Warner, the Super Bowl winning quarterback who is currently having a late-career resurgence in Arizona (he's 37, which is old for the NFL) is also a father. A father of seven. Two...

I was going to say, "I'm glad I have boys" but that didn't sound quite right. That is, I would love girl-children just as much as I love my guys. But there are a few ways that having boys has made my life – mine, specifically – a little bit easier. 1. No pink ponies: It doesn't...

"You know, you are a fabulous parent!!" "You sure are a wonderful mother/father" "Wow! Your kids are so well adjusted!" Wouldn't it be nice to hear these things once in awhile? The truth is, despite all the bad news making headlines, most of us are doing a wonderful...

Talk about being responsible for your kids' behavior: A guy in Kentucky is serving six months in jail. Why? His daughter failed her math test and didn't get her GED. The GED was required by a previous court order, and even though his daughter is now 18 years old, the decision was rendered when...

Feeling anxious and depressed? Well, now you have one more thing to angst about, because a new study suggests parental emotional stress can make kids more vulnerable to illness . Like it is enough that stress makes you more likely to get sick, now your children have to be felled by the latest bug as...

As a blogging dad, I'm always happy when I come across articles geared towards fathers. It's a major complaint among dads - there's just not a lot of helpful info out there for us. As we know from countless parenting publications and websites, today's dads apparently do little more than work, watch TV...