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This Friday’s Fatherhood Friday post is about sacrificing your own time to strengthen your family relationships.
Twice a year for the past five years I have had to make a tough decision. Should I volunteer …

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Balance: Career, Family, and Keeping it Together
Monday, 13 Jul, 2009 – 16:38 | No Comment
Balance: Career, Family, and Keeping it Together

Balance — what balance? — seven professional women say, half in jest, when reflecting on how they serve two masters: home and work. And yet they manage, as working parents everywhere do daily.
Today they share …

How Stay-at-Home Dads Redefine Gender Roles
Tuesday, 7 Jul, 2009 – 16:45 | One Comment
How Stay-at-Home Dads Redefine Gender Roles

Great article by Betsy Stark on the ABC News website discussing how full-time fathers are redefining gender roles.  Here are my favorite quotes from the article:
“In the movies, so-called “Mr. Moms” only take care of …

Being a Great Dad Doesn’t Mean You Have to be Superman
Thursday, 25 Jun, 2009 – 18:11 | One Comment
Being a Great Dad Doesn’t Mean You Have to be Superman

So this is the inaugural post of meremortaldad.com a site that helps men recognize they don’t have be perfect to be a super dad. Let me start by telling you my story.
In 2000 I …