http://www.familiesrising.org/taxonomy/term/78 BLOG POSTS / The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.familiesrising.org/node/899 <p>Is there some value to Father's Day other than the Hallmark greeting card that it is presently? Is there something more to this day than just buying another tie or another golf shirt for dad?</p> <p><a href="http://www.familiesrising.org/node/899">read more</a></p> http://www.familiesrising.org/node/899#comments father&#039;s day Work/Family Balance Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:32:42 -0400 Dana Glazer 899 at http://www.familiesrising.org http://www.familiesrising.org/node/556 <p>My younger daughter is graduating high school, and my older daughter just graduated from Penn State, so this fathers’ day is a good time to reflect on past successes… and failures. So here’s some advice for young men contemplating fatherhood today:</p> <p><em>Marry well</em>. Find someone you can talk to about almost anything; you’re going to spend a lot of time talking after children arrive... And find someone who isn’t planning to stay at home for 20 years raising kids. Sure, there are great parents who pull off the breadmaker/homemaker stuff, and I know and admire them. But most involved dads have partners who have a job or a career; it gives us more time with the kids, and more say in decisions about the kds.</p> <p><a href="http://www.familiesrising.org/node/556">read more</a></p> father&#039;s day fathers parenting Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:24:40 -0400 Robert Drago 556 at http://www.familiesrising.org