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Podcast #1,039: What’s Behind the Rise of Parent-Child Estrangement?

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Take the D Word Off the Table

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Podcast #1,020: Becoming a Tech Intentional Family

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Podcast #1,017: When He’s Married to Mom

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Some Reasons Why Some Men Are Successful Fathers

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How to Be a Great Father-in-Law

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Podcast #998: Dad’s Essential Role in Making Kids Awesome

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Get Your Son Out of His Bedroom

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Important PSA: The World Is Divided Into Social Initiators and Non-Initiators

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Your Son Needs to Join a Gang

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Podcast #1,033: Ouch! That Stings! Why Rejection Hurts So Much (And How to Deal With It)

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Fascinating Insights on the State of Sex and Marriage 100 Years Ago

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The Ancient Art of Saying No: Plutarch’s Guide to Breaking Free from People-Pleasing

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Dale Carnegie’s “Damned Fool Things I Have Done”

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Podcast #1,025: What’s Going on With Your Social Anxiety?

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The Power of Personal Atmosphere

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The Best Quotes on Fatherhood

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The Importance of Fathers (According to Science)

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Fathering With Intentionality: The Importance of Creating a Family Culture

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The Swiss Army Knife of Fitness — How to Get Lean, Strong, and Flexible With Kettlebells Alone

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The Roman Caesars’ Guide to Ruling

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The Winter Mindset — How Norwegians Love the Winter (And You Can Too)

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Undoing Urgency — How to Stop Drowning in Tasks and Start Living With Purpose

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6 Lessons I Learned About Being a Man from Growing Up Fatherless

Editor's note: Today we finish up our run of father-themed posts with an article from a different ...

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11 Best Father/Son Activities

We all know about the importance of fathers spending time with their sons. The relationship a boy has with ...

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30 Days to a Better Man Day 14: Write a Letter to Your Father

The Old Man. Pops. Dad. Daddy. Father. Papa. By whichever named we call him, no matter whether he was a good ...

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What I’ve Learned Raising a Daughter (Thus Far)

I'm not going to lie, when I first heard that we were having a girl, a small tinge of disappointment hit me; ...

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Teaching My Son to Be a Man

Editor's Note: This is a guest post from Sean Platt. Whenever I'm watching a movie that harkens back to a ...

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The Awesome Dad Cheat Sheet: 18 Fatherhood Tips They Should’ve Handed Out at the Delivery Room

Photo by free parking Editor's note: This is a guest post from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, a father of six ...

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Lessons From Our Fathers

Photo by Tobyotter This past week we've been celebrating Father's Day by running a series of posts about ...

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The All-Time Best (And Worst) TV Dads

To celebrate Father's Day, we've compiled a list of TV's best and worst dads. While these dads are ...

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