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Book Excerpt: Unlocking the Power of Fatherhood

By: GARY D. ROGERS | October 6, 2019

The author has a unique mission: To inspire authenticity in men.

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Lost in Space: Women Scientists in the Workforce

By: Kelsey Johnson | March 10, 2019

If we are disproportionately losing mothers from science, what skill sets, talents, and ways of thinking are being lost from the workforce along with them?

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Father’s Day Present Worth Unwrapping: Overdue Policy Advice

By: Rob Okun | June 17, 2016

Fathers and father figures are doing—and are expected to do—more of the child care and housework. But this revolution is highly unequal. “State of America’s Fathers 2016” suggests how lawmakers can help fix that.

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‘Likes’ and Live Streaming Rape: Let’s Talk About it with Our Kids

By: Jillana Enteen | May 18, 2016

Parents and teachers do not need to demonize apps like Periscope or Twitter. Instead, we must consistently remind kids to carry the same set of values between real life and social networking.

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It’s Campaign Season, Ask Candidates About that New Child Care Bill

By: Jessica Sager | March 11, 2016

Child care for infants and toddlers is in short supply in most of the country. At the same time, providers lack training and are working long hours for low pay. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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Look at Your Teen Daughter and See Into the Future

By: Michelle Gleeson | January 1, 2016

They are going to become our presidents, doctors, teachers and soldiers. Their statistics are better than boys and they are charming and fun. I don’t want to hear any more parents telling me their “boys are so much easier.”

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Parenting While Single: We Need to Stop the Damnation

By: Michele Weldon | October 29, 2015

You would hardly fathom from the portrayal of two-parent families as optimal that single parents are not necessarily failures. We need to change this mindset and start matching the realities of family life.

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Fathers: Please Step Up and Take Quality Daddy Time

By: Cynthia Hess | June 18, 2015

Women are still taking much more time off work than men to care for their children. Economically and culturally, the status quo incentivizes that. But this can change with paid parental leave and paid sick days policies. Innovations such as nontransferable time off available just to fathers may especially help.

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Pregnant Teens Need Adult Support, Not Shaming

By: Aimee Thorne-Thomsen | June 11, 2015

Young people should not lose their right to education when they become pregnant or parents. But this is what happens when adults in their schools and communities subject them to harsh judgment.

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Hey Senate, Thanks for that Big Childcare Vote

By: Christina Nicholson | November 24, 2014

When I started writing this commentary I was a lot more downbeat. Now, in time for Thanksgiving, along comes billions of dollars in aid and federal subsidies to low-income families to help them pay for child care.

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