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THE FATHER LIFE

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Posts Tagged ‘teens’

[A DAD'S POINT-OF-VIEW] My Son Has a Girlfriend; Now What Do I Do?

By Bruce Sallan • Dec 3rd, 2009 • Category: A DAD'S POINT-OF-VIEW by Bruce Sallan, Cover Story, Fatherhood

My son has his first girlfriend and I am pleased that he is now old and mature enough to enter the dating stage. I’m excited for him.  In a funny way, I’m re-living vicariously my long-forgotten feelings of first love and all the nervousness, anxiety, and “What am I going to [...]


[A DAD'S POINT-OF-VIEW] Not Too Old for Rock and Roll

By Bruce Sallan • Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: A DAD'S POINT-OF-VIEW by Bruce Sallan, Fatherhood

I just returned from one of the best three-day trip of my parenting life. My son, Will, not yet 16, and two of his female friends and I drove to San Francisco to attend the Outside Lands Music Festival.  It’s an all-day late-into-the-night, music festival on the Polo Fields at Golden [...]


Why Teens Need Dads

By Ben Murphy • Oct 23rd, 2008 • Category: Fatherhood

When our kids are young they think we dads are gods (well, for the most part anyway). We’re smart, strong, handsome… it’s really nice, isn’t it? But, come the teen years, things can get complicated despite the best of intentions. The “because I’m your father, that’s why” argument no longer holds much water, and we [...]


The Terrible Toos

By Randell Turner • Jul 17th, 2008 • Category: Fatherhood

We’re all familiar with that phase in many toddlers’ lives called the “Terrible Twos.” It’s when their lifelong struggle for independence begins. The word “No” becomes their personal creed and the most frequent word used by parent and child alike!

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